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2025-03-04 05:12:49 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2C37AFEA818C50C5408259B659B928537C27009BF7C01A0732468D089A3AD6E3
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Rodger Marshall presents an unverified claim as fact instead of opinion. There is no current evidence to suggest that the constituents who showed up to the town hall were in any way "paid protesters," and multiple sources have rebuked such claims. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5166977-mike-johnson-gop-lawmaker-town-hall-protests/ https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/mike-johnson-town-hall-protesters-b2705932.html https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/speaker-mike-johnson-pans-town-hall-critics-paid-protestors-rcna194024 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/27/louie-gohmert/protesters-are-paid-disrupt-town-hall-meetings-goh/ https://san.com/media-miss/johnson-claims-town-hall-protesters-paid-by-democrats/ https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/town-hall-protesters-angered-by-doge-cuts-are-paid-by-democrats-speaker-mike-johnson-claims-233145413898
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