The Arden army veteran who was escorted out of Republican Congressman Chuck Edwards’ town hall meeting Thursday night by a phalanx of law enforcement officers says he has no regrets about the expletive-laden tirade he delivered in front of a packed house at A-B Tech’s Ferguson Auditorium.

Thousands of protesters gathered outside Congressman Chuck Edwards' Town Hall at AB Tech Community College Thursday evening.

N.C., faced a rowdy crowd at a town hall with constituents Thursday evening, the latest such event to go viral on social media as Republicans face backlash over President Donald Trump's mass layoffs of federal workers and budget cuts.