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MAGA billionaire thugs led by Donald Dump Trump are hostile attacking an elderly woman because she supports the Workers
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/eleanor-holmes-norton-dcs-sole-congressional-rep-is-too-old-to-drive-can-she-defend-the-city-from-a-hostile-gop/
DC’s Sole Congressional Rep Is Too Old to Drive. Can She Defend the City From a Hostile GOP?
While DC faces a budget crisis Congress created, 87-year-old Eleanor Holmes Norton is struggling.
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Since she was first elected in 1990 as Washington, DC’s nonvoting delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) has fiercely defended the civil service in Congress. Nearly a quarter of her constituents work for the federal government. So after the second inauguration of President Donald Trump, as Elon Musk’s US DOGE Service targeted agency after agency with layoffs, smears, and all manner of corner-cutting, Norton was a logical person to host a March town hall on this unprecedented attack.
The event, promotional materials said, would “give Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton the chance to speak directly with the District of Columbia federal workforce and provide resources.” The promise of a real dialogue with the congresswoman, however, proved to be a bit of hype.
Conducted over the phone, the event had plenty of town, but no hall. As the host, Norton was spectral at best. She read some opening remarks, but when participants directed questions at her, union reps or a democracy activist provided most of the answers. “Congresswoman, I’d be happy to jump in” was a typical intervention during her many unexplained silences.
“Congresswoman? Are you still with us?” the moderator asked after fifteen seconds had passed. Then an additional ten seconds went by before Norton reappeared with a 59-word response, of which 13 were “uh.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/eleanor-holmes-norton-dcs-sole-congressional-rep-is-too-old-to-drive-can-she-defend-the-city-from-a-hostile-gop/
DC’s Sole Congressional Rep Is Too Old to Drive. Can She Defend the City From a Hostile GOP?
While DC faces a budget crisis Congress created, 87-year-old Eleanor Holmes Norton is struggling.
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Since she was first elected in 1990 as Washington, DC’s nonvoting delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) has fiercely defended the civil service in Congress. Nearly a quarter of her constituents work for the federal government. So after the second inauguration of President Donald Trump, as Elon Musk’s US DOGE Service targeted agency after agency with layoffs, smears, and all manner of corner-cutting, Norton was a logical person to host a March town hall on this unprecedented attack.
The event, promotional materials said, would “give Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton the chance to speak directly with the District of Columbia federal workforce and provide resources.” The promise of a real dialogue with the congresswoman, however, proved to be a bit of hype.
Conducted over the phone, the event had plenty of town, but no hall. As the host, Norton was spectral at best. She read some opening remarks, but when participants directed questions at her, union reps or a democracy activist provided most of the answers. “Congresswoman, I’d be happy to jump in” was a typical intervention during her many unexplained silences.
“Congresswoman? Are you still with us?” the moderator asked after fifteen seconds had passed. Then an additional ten seconds went by before Norton reappeared with a 59-word response, of which 13 were “uh.”
