In Small-Town New Hampshire, a Renegade State Legislator Is Labeled a ‘Fascist’ for Bucking Democratic Dogma on Transgender Issues
‘There’s so much fervor on the left that if you bring up one counter opinion to the orthodoxy you’re shouted down,’ State Representative Jonah Wheeler tells the Sun.
PETERBOROUGH, New Hampshire — Politicians across the country are facing hostile constituents at town halls these days, but the accusations of “traitor” and “fascist” lobbed by a room full of white liberals at a Black, 22-year-old Democratic New Hampshire state representative, Jonah Wheeler, on Tuesday night was on another level.
The town hall was hosted by the Peterborough chapter of the League of Women Voters. Constituents in this overwhelmingly Democratic town — Vice President Harris won 69 percent of the vote there in November — were not railing against Elon Musk or the party’s failure to combat the Trump agenda.
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