The Daily Populous Friday August 29th, 2025 morning edition
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A Republican Senate candidate who was booed out of his own town hall says left-wing agitators are the reason he ducked out the back door while the crowd chanted, “Shame! Shame! Shame!”

Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.) is running for U.S. Senate next year in the seat currently held by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R), who, in turn, is seeking the state’s gubernatorial office.

Even though his appearance at the city hall in Daphne, Alabama, on Wednesday night was never publicly advertised, many constituents nevertheless showed up.

And they certainly made themselves heard.

A video of the 45-minute event, shared on YouTube, shows the crowd remaining civil as Moore praised himself for his accessibility.

But things devolved quickly at the first mention of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”

“We have $37 trillion in debt,” Moore remarked, ignoring the fact that Trump’s bill is projected to hike the deficit by $4 trillion.

He then portrayed the bill, which cut taxes for the wealthy while eliminating critical programs for vulnerable people, as an expansion of Medicaid (it actually defunded Medicaid by $930 billion).

The crowd laughed in disbelief. And then the boos began.

“You’re lying!” several people shouted as Moore claimed that denying immigrants access to health care would somehow make the system solvent. (It actually costs more, because people then turn to emergency medicine for care instead of seeking preventative care.)

Moore grew increasingly frustrated as he attempted to defend voting for Trump’s bill, at one point throwing his hands up at a staffer in exasperation, who then admonished the crowd: “It’s very hard to speak while you guys are speaking,” the staffer said.

Rep. Barry Moore, (R-Ala.), is seen in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, April 20, 2023. Tom Williams via Getty Images

The crowd quieted for the first question of the evening: Who pays Trump’s tariffs, U.S. consumers or the exporting country?

Moore attempted to dodge the issue by discussing inflation, only to be redirected by the crowd.

“That wasn’t the question,” someone remarked, then several began to chant, “Who pays the tariff? Who pays the tariff?! Who pays the tariff!?!”

The congressman then asserted that it couldn’t be U.S. consumers, otherwise we’d see costs increasing.

“Have y’all seen any inflation in goods?” he asked, then seemed caught off guard when the crowd yelled back, “YES!”

“Anyway, you’re not paying anything on the tariffs; the shipping companies are.”

Other topics drew similar scorn for the remainder of the event, including immigration, elections, social security and Moore’s support for Alabama’s cruel new abortion laws.

The night ended as Moore falsely asserted that only U.S. citizens are entitled to due process, prompting someone in the crowd to remind him of both the Fifth and 14th Amendments.

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The rest of the crowd shouted “SHAME” over and over as Moore and his staff hurriedly gathered their belongings and walked out the back door.

blazze_eternal on August 28th, 2025 at 23:34 UTC »

> “Have y’all seen any inflation in goods?” he asked, then seemed caught off guard when the crowd yelled back, “YES!”

> “Anyway, you’re not paying anything on the tariffs; the shipping companies are.”.

Damn, this guy is either clueless or brainwashed. It was a perfect opening question which the followup should have asked if he could list the cost of a banana.

smersh101 on August 28th, 2025 at 22:27 UTC »

What a chud.

He looks like the villain from an early 80s National Lampoon movie.

UWCG on August 28th, 2025 at 22:25 UTC »

> A Republican Senate candidate who was booed out of his own town hall says left-wing agitators are the reason he ducked out the back door while the crowd chanted, “Shame! Shame! Shame!”

Real pathetic and cowardly that republicans can't even face their own constituents and instead run away then blame it on an imaginary specter.

If only Alabamans would vote differently and elect better officials, but I have that sneaking suspicion come election time, if he wins the primary, all he'll need is that magic (R) next to his name and we'll see republicans, as ever, fall in line.