DOGE firings provoke heated confrontations, shouts of 'Nazi,' at Republican town halls

By the time U.S. Rep. Jay Obernolte, a Big Bear Lake Republican, tried asking for unity at his “community coffee” event, his audience had screamed, cussed and called him a Nazi.

“We’re not on team liberal or conservative; we’re not on team Republican or Democrat. We all play for team United States of America,” Obernolte told the overflow crowd last month at the Yucca Valley Community Center.

Boos drowned him out.

Obernolte told constituents to call his office “when you have problems with your government.” A woman in the audience responded by singing, to the tune of the “Ghostbusters” theme song: “Who ya gonna call? The fasc-ists!”

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-04/doge-firings-provoke-confrontations-republican-town-halls-joshua-tree