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and they will. >> greg bluestein, you were in the room. tell us about this gathering of constituents and what they had to say to republican member of congress. >> yeah. >> something the rev said really. >> struck me because it really. >> did remind me of covering those tea party movement gatherings, those. >> those. >> protests at town hall meetings 15. >> or so years ago. >> this, though. >> felt very organic. >> to my knowledge. >> there was not. >> some big. >> national effort. behind this. local parties and. >> really local. >> citizens were bubbling up from the grassroots level. >> to go to this. >> event. >> and hundreds were there. >> many were. >> there waiting. outside and weren't even let in. it was cold. >> and so many of them. >> went home. >> but others. were stuffed into overflow rooms, and there. >> was a huge crowd in the actual. >> room. where the. >> congressman was. there was, you know, delivering his remarks. >> and the pushback was real. >> i mean, this was the first. >> time in georgia. since trump's election where i'

political reporter. >> for the atlanta journal constitution, greg bluestein, thank you so much. i think i think what stuck out to me was. >> the fact. >> that constituents. >> who obviously. want government right sized. >> and obviously want a more efficient government. >> are talking about the reckless, radical, sloppy is the word sloppy way. >> this is being done, being done in a way that no business would do, no, no. >> effective ceo. would do. >> where you go in and. >> cut first. >> and ask questions later. and in so doing. getting rid. >> of some of your most. >> qualified, hardest workers. >> it's often said. >> that government is not a meritocracy. well. >> this is actually. proving that, but not. >> in the. way that elon musk and donald trump wanted it to be proven. they're getting rid of some of. >> their best workers. >> some of their most qualified people. >> people that actually run. >> some of the. most important functions at agencies and then having to desperately call some and try to get them back. >> at work. >> as a member of congress said. on our show a few. d

. >> greg bluestein. >> is the person who took some of. >> that video. >> he's a reporter at the atlanta journal constitution. >> and he reports that mccormick staff seemed caught off. >> guard by the massive crowd. >> of. >> hundreds that had. gathered for. >> this event. >> congressman dent, do you get the sense that republicans in washington are sort of living. in a bubble right now regarding doge, and that this backlash really is catching them off guard? >> well, i think the smart ones. understand it. when you. >> see republicans in idaho. >> push back. >> on on. >> cuts to the national. >> park service, where. >> tourism is. >> a. >> big. >> industry at the national parks. >> there in. >> alabama, where. >> they're. worried about cuts. >> to. the nih through this indirect. >> cost recovery. >> cap that's going on. obviously, you just saw. >> it in georgia. >> with layoffs at the cdc. >> so i think. >> smart republicans. >> realize that they are in a very delicate position, that elon musk's behavior yesterday at cpac. >> by the way. >> cpac has always. >> been a freak show. >> in my

in another clip that was posted by greg bluestein of the atlanta journal constitution, you can hear one congressman mccormick that it is congress, congress that is supposed to control the budget. >> budget. >> not the president. >> and you. >> are doing. >> us. >> a disservice to set. >> that down. >> and not. >> stand up for. >> us and show. >> that i. >> will be litigating for. >> there you go. >> now you. >> go. >> now. >> you. >> run for it. you don't think i will stand. >> up. >> for you? >> stand. please. i know we asked you. >> stand up. >> no. >> bingo. >> you don't think i'm going to stand up for you? you need to stand up. and then you hear the woman at the end going, don't bend over again. that was roswell, georgia. tonight. congressman rich mccormick, a republican of georgia, getting a very hard time from his constituents. one of the latest scenes of questions and pushback on what trump's been doing his first month in office. earlier today in oregon, people packed a room in the pendleton, oregon, convention center for a town hall with oregon republican congressman cliff bentz

atlanta journal constitution reporter and nbc news contributor greg bluestein attended that town hall and captured the events as they unfolded. in one instance, an attendee questioned why the conservative party was taking such a sloppy approach to this situation. >> cdc workers working on. >> the bird flu. >> being fired. >> by doge, and. >> then having. >> to be rehired. >> when someone realizes. >> oh gosh. >> we need. >> those people. >> why is a supposedly conservative party. >> taking such a radical and. extremist and sloppy. >> approach to this? >> a lot of the work they do is duplicitous. >> with ai. >> once again, one of the. >> problems we. >> have now. people just talk. >> i happen to be a doctor. i know a few things. if we continue. >> to grow the size of government. >> and we can't afford. >> it. >> it's going to have. >> shortfalls in your. >> medicare, medicaid. >> social security and other things that we can't afford. >> guys, we have. >> to make some decisions. >> i understand. >> trying to do more with less. that's reasonable. what's not reasonable is taking. >> this