branchburg n.j./virginia beach va. u.s. representative leonard lance hold 40 town hall-style meet constituents central new jersey district never face crowd like wednesday republican endure catcall chant caustic question 1,000 residents local college hundreds others outside brandish sign message like resist trump parallel scenes play across country week first congressional recess since donald trump become president republican lawmakers return home confront wave anger spectrum issue include immigration healthcare trump possible tie russia raucous meet late relentless series rally march protest show sign abate 30 days new administration anti-trump energy prompt talk liberal-style tea party movement reference protest 2009 help reshape republican party arguably lay groundwork trump surprise electoral victory last year lessons draw persistence repetition take answer say victoria kaplan organize director grassroots progressive group moveon since day trump inauguration millions protesters join women march worldwide left-wing organizers seek harness anger fuel last political campaign hundreds progressive group spring across country affiliate national organizations like indivisible moveon help coordinate town halls new jersey virginia week constituents come arm red disagree sign hold aloft register disapproval hear representatives u.s. senators pat toomey republican pennsylvania face weekly protest outside offices pennsylvania healthcare network set town hall week empty suit place toomey decline attend march schedule across country come months include several major events washington tie gay right science push trump release tax return sheer volume protest last week three nationwide call action within five-day span political observers wonder long last several experts study protest say level outrage may increase rather subside tumultuous first month trump word action create fresh outrage among liberals almost daily anywhere near reach saturation point protest say michael heaney author party street antiwar movement democratic party 9/11 university michigan professor anything get start key organizers convert large-scale protest sustain action build databases name encourage locally base events experts say diehards say dana r. fisher university maryland professor study collective action need channel new type activism fisher survey participants women march washington find one-third attend first protest high percentage ever observe unprecedented say nothing unprecedented trump presidency republicans dismiss protest manufacture trump tuesday tweet so-called angry crowd republicans district plan liberal activists kaplan moveon say vast majority action organic weekly conference call group host discuss movement attract big number participants week 46,000 people join late discussion fire cylinders catch grassroots protest say demonstration energy sustainability experts also say social media make far easy organize mass protest quickly efficiently kaplan say sign protest impact many republicans eschew town halls week avoid confrontations few 100 in-person republican town halls schedule first two months year compare 200 period 2015 accord vice report louisiana wednesday residents shout republican senator bill cassidy try explain healthcare proposal scott taylor freshman republican representative virginia spar hundreds impassioned constituents monday event like lance whose district vote hillary clinton trump taylor already midterm target democrats taylor say interview town hall recognize many attendees local democratic party like new organic people come concern taylor say everyone democrat austin phillips 22-year-old trump voter tell taylor town hall worry lose healthcare coverage obamacare repeal trump talk want repeal phillips self-employed purchase insurance exchange create law say late interview quickly repeal replacement line theoretically everybody would lose insurance one month anti-trump movement show sign sustain momentum