At Grand Rapids’ Gerald R. Ford Federal Building, more than two dozen citizens gathered. They wanted to talk with U.S. Senator Gary Peters and U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten.
In a news release, organizers spelled out their goal: “Show overwhelming bipartisan public support for members of Congress to push back with every tool available to them against the hostile takeover of our Federal government by Elon Musk and DOGE.”
“There’s so many people right now who are deeply upset and are just looking for some communication from the people who we voted for.”
Genevieve Ingram is with Forest Hills Public Schools Community Action.
“We were initially told that we could come in in groups of seven, and then it was down to two and then we couldn’t come in at all. So, I’m pretty disappointed.”
Gwen Vogelzang did gain office access talking with a member of Rep. Scholten’s staff.
“They are trying to go behind the scenes and come up with plans that are going to be affective and helpful without saying too much, which feels terrifying that that’s the case right now.”
Rep. Scholten’s office is asking concerned citizens email their stories of impact.