Scenes like this one where Missouri MAGA Congressman Mark Alford on Monday was mobbed by a shit ton of anti-DOGE protestors – and apparently getting screamed at during a town hall for the very same reasons – raise the important question of how long it will be until elected Republicans start using “insurrection” to describe their own constituents furiously confronting them over pointless layoffs, expected drastic cuts to social services, and supplicating at the feet of the Orange God Emperor and his ketamine-addicted puppeteer. Days? Hours? Or does it not matter anymore since Trump will never be held accountable for January 6th, thus there’s no longer any need to minimize it by equivocating normal protests, so not everything’s an insurrection anymore?

But that doesn’t mean that they’re taking it seriously. One swing district Republican told Axios “It’s 2017 all over. They’ve hated Trump since 2016. Same folks largely,” adding “Most hate Musk based on the calls.” Another said the protests are “all manufactured bullshit for likes and clickbait.”

Also last week Politico Playbook printed this: “As Playbook’s resident geriatric millennial [Ugh shut the fuck up, please], your author’s mind immediately flashed back to the raucous town hall forums that preceded the 2010 midterm wave election, when an angry and energized electorate propelled Republicans to victory and smashed through Democratic control of Congress – only this time, the parties would be reversed. (It is, of course, way too soon to be making any serious predictions about what might happen in 2026).” Self-jerking aside, it’s an interesting and tantalizing observation.