Well, if you’ve ever wondered what it looks like when a Democrat turns a town hall into a one-man pep rally for big government and wild-eyed Trump conspiracy theories, Maryland’s Eastern Shore got a front-row seat this weekend.
Jamie Raskin, the Democratic congressman best known for his starring role in the political theater known as Trump’s second impeachment, made the two-hour trek from his own blue bubble in Montgomery County to fill in for Republican Rep. Andy Harris—who, for the record, still represents the district and hasn’t actually gone missing despite the milk carton gag these folks thought was just so clever.
Let’s be honest, this wasn’t a “town hall” so much as it was a therapy session for left-wing activists who needed a safe space to process the trauma of having a Republican represent them in a red district. And Raskin? Oh, he was thrilled to play the role of traveling messiah, descending upon Cambridge Middle School like a civics professor meets stand-up comedian, dishing out applause lines and partisan jabs to an adoring crowd of aging boomers in “Flip the First” T-shirts.
The whole event was tailor-made for the progressive echo chamber. You had Indivisible groups organizing the event, photo props mocking the Republican congressman, and of course, Raskin himself railing against the usual suspects: Trump, federal budget cuts, Elon Musk—yes, Elon Musk made a cameo in this fever dream—and the deeply offensive idea that maybe, just maybe, the government doesn’t need to be as bloated and inefficient as a DMV on a Monday morning.
And let’s not miss the main event: Raskin’s “not-joking-but-kinda-joking” claim that federal agencies are being “savagely attacked” by the Trump administration, now supposedly in its second term. Yep, we’re just going to slide right past that whopper. Apparently, Trump’s ghost presidency is alive and well in the minds of the Resistance. Raskin doubled down on the narrative that Republicans are trying to destroy America by trimming bureaucracy, laying off redundant federal employees, and attempting to dismantle the sacred cow known as the Department of Education. The horror.
And if you were wondering whether the media circus could get more on-the-nose, don’t worry—Raskin got a standing ovation for claiming that rallies keep fascism away. This is the same guy who spent four years calling every Republican policy a threat to democracy, only to now be leading applause lines that wouldn’t be out of place on a coffee mug in a Portland gift shop. A rally a day keeps the fascists away? Sure, and maybe a TikTok dance can solve inflation while we’re at it.
Rep Jamie Raskin spreads a new deranged conspiracy that Trump wants to take over Canada so he can install Elon Musk as president there 🥴 pic.twitter.com/LeUtjj5N0O
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 24, 2025
Meanwhile, Rep. Andy Harris continues to support actual conservative principles—like reducing waste in government, trimming bloated departments, and respecting his constituents enough not to show up just for applause and Instagram selfies. The left loves to moan about how Republicans don’t show up for “town halls,” but let’s be real—what they actually mean is that they want Republicans to show up and get shouted down in rooms stacked with progressive activists and taxpayer-funded protest coordinators. No thanks.
And that brings us to the real kicker here: Raskin wasn’t even invited by his own constituents. He was parachuted in to rile up a district he doesn’t represent and won’t be voting in. But why bother with that minor detail when there are photo ops to be had and MAGA strawmen to slay?
So no, it wasn’t a courageous act of civic duty. It was a campaign rally disguised as a town hall, complete with conspiracy theories, delusions of Trump still running the government from Mar-a-Lago, and a healthy dose of “we’re the real patriots” cosplay. Classic.
