All posts tagged "Town Halls"

Democrats are calling out Republican lawmakers for shutting down constituent town halls that have gotten too hot for them to handle.

GOP lawmakers who have met with angry constituents recently include reps. Pete Sessions (R-TX), Rich McCormick (R-GA), Keith Self (R-TX) and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS). Many of the lawmakers have struggled to answer pointed constituent questions about President Donald Trump and his lieutenant Elon Musk, leading to boos and jeers from the crowd.

Trump himself has discounted the complaints as coming from "paid troublemakers," and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) agreed: "There are people who do this as a profession, they're professional protesters," he said....