'I disagree': Wyoming GOP lawmaker infuriates town hall crowd chanting 'deport Elon'
Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) got an earful at a town hall in Laramie on Wednesday night where she was booed throughout for her support of Elon Musk's DOGE and responded by smirking and sneering at her constituents' concerns.
In video shared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," the far-right lawmaker was showered with chants of "Deport Elon" during her 45-minute appearance.
At one point a woman in the audience told her, "I worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, helping Wyoming family farmers deal with drought until I was fired a month ago in the mass firings, and despite only having the highest marks in my in a state where so many farmers rely on government programs for drought and disaster relief."
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"[Donald] Trump plans to cut these programs and the people who administer them and coupled with the tariffs, will decimate Wyoming farms and rural communities. What are you doing about that?" she asked.
"I disagree, I disagree," the GOP lawmaker replied dismissively. "I come from the AG community, I'm well aware of what kind of programs are out there," which led to another wave of boos, cursing and fist-shaking.
She then added with a smirk, "It's so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the federal government."
At another point she admonished the crowd, "You guys are going to have a heart attack if you don't calm down. I'm sorry, your hysteria is just really over the top."
That led a "Morning Joe" co-host to joke, "For the uninitiated who don't know Wyoming politics, they weren't saying 'Booooo,' they were saying 'Haaaaageman,'" which led the entire panel to burst out laughing.
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