RantCrush Top 5: February 23, 2017

Citizens around the country are showing up to Republican town hall events to give their representatives their (mostly angry) thoughts. Many are emphasizing how unhappy they are with efforts to get rid of the Affordable Care Act and several Republican leaders have been greeted by boos and chants of “do your job.” One constituent who spoke to Senator Tom Cotton in Arkansas pointed out that she wouldn’t be here if the ACA didn’t exist. “There are three members of my family, including me, that would be dead–dead and homeless–if it was not for ACA. I am an angry constituent. You work for us,” the woman said to standing ovations from some 2,000 people in the crowd.

But the speaker who got the most attention in Arkansas was seven-year-old Toby who said that he and his grandma like Mexicans and pointed out that the president is “deleting all the parks and PBS Kids just to make a wall. He shouldn’t do that.”

7-year-old asks why Donald Trump is “deleting” @PBSkids to build a wall against Mexico. @SenTomCotton curls in shame, chokes out non-answer. pic.twitter.com/eGfaRzkP4A

— Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) February 23, 2017

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.