WASHINGTON, D.C. - Members of a left-leaning group tried to get Rep. Tom Emmer, the No. 3 Republican in the U.S. House, to hold a town hall to talk about President Donald Trump’s sweeping changes to Washington.
Receiving no response, Wright County Indivisible and Indivisible North Metro chose to hold one without him. At least 300 people packed into the Monticello Community Center last week.
In Moorhead and Willmar, hundreds have been protesting outside Rep. Michelle Fischbach’s district offices and in the street calling on her to talk to them about what’s happening to the federal government under Trump.
Similar protests have drawn dozens in New Ulm and Rochester in front of Rep. Brad Finstad’s district offices and more outside of Rep. Pete Stauber’s office in Hermantown.
“They’re not elected just to represent Republicans. They’re elected to represent everybody,” said Brian Vroman, of Grand Rapids, who sits on the leadership team of Itasca Area Indivisible, which organized a Hermantown protest that drew about 400 people.
Sparked by Trump’s return to the White House and his dramatic reshaping of the federal government, the protests have largely been organized by members of Indivisible, which formed as a resistance movement during Trump’s first presidency.
The group organized similar demonstrations shortly after Trump took office in 2016 and helped propel Democrats’ 2018 blue wave in which they retook the U.S. House in the midterm elections.
Organizers say their efforts will only grow if Republicans don’t heed their calls, warning there could be consequences for those facing re-election in 2026.