Hageman’s Town Hall Meetings Will Now Only Be Online

MARCH 26, 2025|

Photo – Representative Harriett Hageman – Bigfoot99 file photo

After standing up to a crowd of belligerent liberals at a public even in Laramie last week, Wyoming’s sole representative to Congress will move her town hall events.

Citing safety concerns, U.S. Representative Hariett Hageman announced Tuesday that future town hall events will be online.

Liberal television shows with little interest in Wyoming politics, such as ABC’s The View, aired clips of last week’s event of a Hageman event held at the Laramie Civic Center where a small group yelled obscenities and disrupted the public event.

The Albany County Democratic Party chair later said he was “heartbroken” by the behavior demonstrated at the Republican event last Wednesday.

In a news release Tuesday morning, Hageman said, “As the saying goes, ‘This is why we can’t have nice things’”.

Hageman was booed, shouted at, and met with critical chants, disrupting last week’s event.

Many stood and clapped for Hageman, but they were outnumbered and drowned out by those who opposed the congresswoman’s policy positions and actions in the nation’s capital. Hageman called the disgruntled constituents at the event “hysterical.”

State voting data from November 5, 2024 shows that Hageman defeated her Democrat opponent, Kyle Cameron, by a vote of 8,559 to 7,764 in Albany County. Although her margin of victory in Albany County was among her slimmest win in the Cowboy State. Hageman lost only one county in the General Election. Teton County voted nearly 2-to-1 for the Democrat. Statewide, Hageman won last year’s election by a 3-to-1 margin: 184,680 to 60,878.

Because of last week’s unruly behavior, Hageman expressed fear for the safety of herself and others. This week’s town hall events in Cheyenne and Torrington, scheduled for this Friday and Saturday, will be broadcast in an online format. Virtual attendees can still submit questions prior to the event via an online form.

Hageman’s concerns are not unfounded.

More trouble occurred at last Thursday’s event in Wheatland. Despite the presence of more than 20 officers at the event, police were forced to intervene when one belligerent attendee followed her leaving the venue and initiated a physical confrontation with the congress woman’s staff.

Hageman also reported that staff in her Washington, D.C. and Wyoming offices have received numerous, credible threatening phone calls and emails, currently being investigated by multiple law enforcement agencies.

Hageman blamed the national Democratic Party for the disruptions and protests at her events.

“I draw the line when organized protestors intentionally create confrontation and chaos, escalating tensions to a point where violence seems inevitable,” Hageman said in Tuesday’s news release.

Hageman called on Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Representative Hakeem Jeffries, both D-N.Y., to denounce organized disruptors and crime.

Senate Minority Leader Schumer encouraged the political intimidation of Republicans during an interview that aired on PBS after last week’s outburst at the Hageman rally in Laramie.

Last week’s hounding of Representative Hageman came during the same week of politically motivated fire-bombings at Tesla dealerships and other vandal attacks on Tesla owners across the country.

Hageman said she is willing to engage with voters, but added, “I draw the line when organized protestors intentionally create chaos and confrontation, escalating tensions to point where violence seems inevitable.”

In the meantime, voters can communicate with Hageman about their concerns in a safe, virtual environment.