Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., had his attempt at a town hall on Thursday descend into a shouting match as angry constituents berated the congressman over the Trump administrations’ economic policies and massive federal employee layoffs.

While most Republican representatives have heeded the advice of Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who advised not to hold in person events, Edwards is one of the few that embraced the challenge. Yet many of his own voters vocally pushed back on what they see as the beginnings of a “destructive and disastrous trade war.”

Johnson had argued the ones sewing chaos were paid professional protestors, a charge that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries openly mocked. “We don’t need paid protestors bro. The American people are with us,” Jeffries posted in response to Johnson’s charge.

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