All posts tagged "Town Hall"

The internet slammed a Minnesota Republican after his remarks about assimilation at a conservative town hall on Thursday.

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) was among several GOP leaders speaking at the event hosted by conservative advocacy group Faith & Freedom Coalition when he described his thoughts about immigration.

"Minnesotans are so afraid that you're gonna call us a racist, you're gonna call us an Islamophobe," Emmer said. "You know what? I would argue that I never did care but I'm done being careful, even the least bit careful. I don't really care where you come from. But if you come to this great country, you have to understand that you're coming here to be an American." ...

Constituents in eastern Alabama are furious with Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) for skipping out of the district before they could voice their concerns about issues like the economy, healthcare, and national security, according to WRBL.

The group Indivisible Auburn-Opelika invited Rogers to a community “People’s Town Hall” held last week at the local library, but Rogers declined to attend.

Organizers told WRBL that Rogers’ absence "is nothing new," even if House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) discouraged Republican lawmakers from attending town halls due to recent vitriol and disruptions....

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) hosted a town hall in Fort Madison, Iowa, on Tuesday, where voters expressed their frustrations on a variety of topics, including the economy, tariffs, mass federal cuts, and President Donald Trump's deportation policies.

One voter demanded, "We would like to know what you as the people, the Congress, who are supposed to rein in this dictator, what are you going to do about these people who have been sentenced to life imprisonment in a foreign country with no due process? Our government cannot do anything?"

A second voter asked a similar question: "I believe very strongly in my Christian faith. I preach on Sundays, and I believe very strongly in, 'we welcome the stranger.' I think turning away people who have come here for asylum is one of the most shameful things we are doing right now. " ...

The Democratic base has had enough of flimsy congressional leadership and is verging on a historic "Tea Party-style, intra-party revolt," according to new analysis in Politico.

Anger at Democratic lawmakers has manifested in vitriolic town halls and calls for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to step down for going along with the Republican spending bill that prevented a government shutdown.

Politico reported that just 40 percent of Democrats currently approve of the efforts of their congressional lawmakers, with 49 percent disapproving....

Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to directly answer a question during his Fox News Iowa town hall.

Trump, who has had his ups and downs with the conservative network in the past, appeared on Fox News and was asked about a "warning" he has given about the threat of political violence.

"In recent days, you seem to issue a warning that if they didn't treat you fairly, maybe there would be bedlam in the country," one of the moderators said to Trump before playing video of Joe Biden saying Trump refuses to condemn political violence. Trump was then asked if he would do so....

Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled down on election denialism during a Fox News town hall, accusing Democrats without evidence of “creating phony ballots.”

Trump was responding to a question from host Sean Hannity about his support for early voting and voter ID at the Grand Rapids, Iowa, town hall, when the former president asserted the baseless claims.

“I have to say that something else because the one thing that a lot of people think is important that even you don’t talk about. They also create phony ballots. And that's a real problem. That's my opinion. They created a lot of phony ballots,” Trump said....