With the networks having already established over the last few weeks a totally-not-coordinated stream of sympathetic laid off federal workers to attack the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and President Trump, NBC’s Today added another wrinkle Friday by cheering liberal rabble rousers shouting at House Republicans during constituent townhalls.

It’s not entire surprising as they did this repeatedly (like here and here) back in 2017 in the first year of Trump’s first term.

Chief White House correspondent Peter Alexander made sure to brag to viewers about this supposed national groundswell:

Now, new fallout. Constituents in some districts giving their Republican representatives an earful, lashing out at them for supporting the massive federal layoffs and budget cuts by the Trump administration and DOGE, Elon Musk's outside agency as you just saw, Musk is celebrating his team's work.

After citing Musk spent early Thursday night at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) “driving home his rapid shredding of the federal government” with a gifted chainsaw, Alexander went full bore on the town hall issue: “[S]ome Republicans are now facing constituent pushback over the President and Musk's vision…taking questions about DOGE’s work this week.”

In the first clip, he played an angry boomer shouting at Congressman Rich McCormick (R-GA): “What's not reasonable is taking this chainsaw approach. [SCREEN WIPE] Why is this being jammed down the pipes so rushed and sloppily?”

Alexander shared another of a woman asking Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-OR) “who is paying for DOGE” and then only a small clip of Bentz saying amid boos that “we are looking into that now to find out” as he didn’t “know the answer.”

“And last night, tensions boiled over at a Republican congressman's town hall in Georgia over the President's executive orders and budget cuts,” Alexander continued.

This gave way to an older woman shouting at McCormick with a clear, partisan agenda: “The people would like to know what you, the congressmen and your fellow congressmen, are going to do to reign the megalomaniac at the White House.”

The NBC correspondent also found polling to back his thesis up: “All of it as a new Washington Poll finds President Trump has a 45 percent approval rating with a majority 53 percent disapproving of his job as president. 57 percent say he’s exceeded his authority while just 34 percent approve of Elon Musk and his handling of the job.”

Other portions of his report were standard anti-DOGE drivel, down to a portion like this that included a sympathetic government worker (though they at least disclosed in a chyron that he was a union representative) (click “expand”):

ALEXANDER: The administration’s latest cuts coming at the IRS. The President’s top economic adviser saying the number of cuts could exceed 3,500 that Democrats have warned could have a catastrophic impact on the IRS season with some veteran IRS workers saying it could affect how quickly you get your refund.

NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION LOCAL 66 VICE PRESIDENT DANIEL SCHARPENBURG: The work is going to get backed up and so, private citizens are going to be like, the IRS is not doing their job and it’s because we're getting hallowed out.

ALEXANDER: The White House defending all of the layoffs across government.

KEVIN HASSETT: We're studying every agency in deciding who to let go and why and we're doing so very rationally.

To see the relevant NBC transcript from February 21, click here.