“OUTSIDE AGEE-TATERS!!!!!”

And actually it was never a town hall. It was Mondays with mark coffee. We do it regularly. Usually 5-10 show up and we have true conversations to try to solve issues.

— Mark Alford 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@markalfordkc) February 24, 2025

Rep. Alford later said:

"This was brought about outside agitators and some people from outside of our district, not our constituents who came there to make their voices heard," Alford said. "And I respect that they have every right to be there. We did not prohibit them, even though they did not live in our district."

"We just made sure SWAT was there, because people on the sidewalk are a clear and present danger. Did I mention outside agitators? You can never be too careful about them!"

"This is serious business we're talking about. And that's why I went in and faced the people who who don't want me in office and some who want to, I think, to do me harm," Alford continued. "That's why we had a swat team and many police there. And I can take that. But I take this serious because this is the survival of our nation."

"See?!"

"There is waste, abuse and fraud in Medicaid. We are finding out through DOGE and through the access to this data that there is waste, abuse and fraud in just about every government program. We knew that," he said. "I don't think we wanted to admit that it was this bad. but in the medicaid system, we've got to make sure that that's eliminated and that we also have to make sure that able-bodied adults with no dependent children are not on Medicaid."

Sounds like the proper subject of a Congressional investigation, to me. Or maybe something for an Inspector General to look into. Oh, wait, Trump fired all those, didn’t he? Now, why’d he do that? 🤔 

BTW, referencing the SWAT teams specifically:

Mark Alford cleared 71% of the vote in 2024. If he’s shook they’re all shook.

And no wonder he calls them “outside agitators.”