Earlier this week, President Donald Trump peddled a false conspiracy theory that voters voicing anger toward Republican lawmakers at town hall events were being paid by Democrats.
In recent weeks, numerous videos have gone viral of angry voters confronting Republican lawmakers at town halls across the country, expressing their opposition to potential cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security; Trump and Elon Musk’s mass firings of federal workers; and Trump’s flouting of the U.S. Constitution.
On Monday, Trump attempted to sow doubts over the legitimacy of those videos on his Truth social account.
“Paid ‘troublemakers’ are attending Republican Town Hall Meetings,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, citing no evidence for his claims. “It is all part of the game for the Democrats, but just like our big LANDSLIDE ELECTION, it’s not going to work for them!”
Notably, Trump did not win the 2024 election by a landslide — while he frequently claims to have won a “mandate,” he didn’t secure votes from a majority of voters, and his win was the second-smallest popular vote win in the past 40 years.
Trump’s claim that Democrats are paying people to disrupt Republican lawmakers’ town hall meetings is equally baseless — but it’s not uncommon for Trump to hurl such accusations at his critics. During his 2016 campaign, for example, he alleged that protesters at his rallies were “paid agitators.” (No proof of that claim ever materialized.)
Trump’s post this week echoes comments made...
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