NEWINGTON, Conn. – More than 100 people attended Democratic Rep. John B. Larson’s recent town hall in this Connecticut suburb to voice outrage over President Donald Trump’s push to radically shrink the federal government.
But Thursday night’s meeting also provided voters an opportunity to vent about what they view as an inadequate response from Democrats to Trump’s blitz of policy changes – and the sweeping and chaotic budget cuts unleashed at his direction by Elon Musk. Similar confusion and frustrations played out at town halls across the nation last week and could have major implications for the 2026 midterm elections.
“I know that you have been in Congress for many years, and there used to be decorum [and] a level of professionalism that people like Marjorie Taylor Greene don’t have,” Anne Tomlin, a mother of two from nearby West Hartford, told Larson, referring to the Georgia congresswoman and top Trump ally. “But I need you to be our version of Marjorie Taylor Greene. I need you to … show up with this level of righteous fury. “
