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It was the<\/span> town hall that wasn\u2019t supposed to happen.<\/p>\n For the better part of two hours Friday night, pissed-off Hoosiers jeered, chanted, and booed at Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., one of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency\u2019s most fervent supporters in Congress.<\/p>\n It was a case in point for why senior Republican leaders have advised their members against holding such events at all.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe one thing we hope that maybe she takes back with her is that the people are mad.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Spartz, however, is often at odds with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. She plowed through the taunts as a crowd outside shouted, \u201cDo your job!\u201d Inside, the crowd roared in anger at mentions of Elon Musk and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n With GOP members dodging in-person town halls, the meeting offered a rare window into the depths of disgust in red districts over DOGE. Spartz represents a conservative district in a state that broke for Donald Trump over Kamala Harris by 59 percent to 40 percent.<\/p>\n Brian Jonasen, an Air Force veteran who has helped organize protests at the Indiana Statehouse, said, \u201cThe one thing we hope that maybe she takes back with her is that the people are mad. They are angry.\u201d<\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n