Town hall scenes from Colorado, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Maryland tonight, where voters showed up but GOP congressmen were no-shows. pic.twitter.com/qfNRnNASlI
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) February 22, 2017
Angry constituent gives Mitch McConnell the what for pic.twitter.com/tyHseJVtqd
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 21, 2017
The (lazy, bothsiderist) NYTimes is forced to notice — “At Town Halls, Doses of Fury and a Bottle of Tums“:
FAIRVIEW, Tenn. — Representative Marsha Blackburn may have expected to draw a friendly crowd by scheduling a town hall-style meeting in a Tennessee community that had voted overwhelmingly for President Trump, but she instead faced a hurricane-strength blast of disapproval on Tuesday.
Ms. Blackburn, an eight-term Republican, was sharply questioned about a wide range of issues that have unsettled Mr. Trump’s first month in office, including health care, the environment, education and the president’s links to Russia.
At many moments, her replies elicited boos or shouts to “tell the truth.”…
Ms. Blackburn, who represents a safe Republican seat west of Nashville, was among the latest wave of Washington lawmakers to face angry constituents in what, inevitably but perhaps prematurely, has been called a progressive echo of the Tea Party anger that boiled over in town halls eight years ago.
During the first weeklong recess of the new Congress, many Republicans have chosen not to hold events at all, wary of protests that might greet them…
Apart from cheering democracy, what’s on the agenda for the day?
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Crowd asks Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR) to investigate Trump/Russia.
Wait for it… pic.twitter.com/4siV7A0cOR
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 22, 2017
We know where the constituents of CD49 are tonight, but #WhereIsDarrell?
If you see him, please tell him we'd like to talk.#ResistRecess pic.twitter.com/QDnRlXq1C3
— Indivisible SanDiego (@SDIndivisible) February 22, 2017
Crowd erupts at Joni Ernst event in rural Iowa pic.twitter.com/cSd829Q4YC
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 22, 2017
At a town hall in in Colorado, citizens hold up their state IDs to prove to GOP that they are 100% real constituents pic.twitter.com/t2ABatcfJ4
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) February 22, 2017
The women got up in Brat’s grill, and then some, via @jennaportnoy https://t.co/gpyGGbHRZQ
— Jose A. DelReal (@jdelreal) February 22, 2017
Brat says he's baffled by "Where's Dave? narrative" which he blames on "leftist blogs."
— Alexis Levinson (@alexis_levinson) February 22, 2017
Angry constituents confront Chuck Grassley in Iowa: “If it wasn’t for Obamacare, we wouldn’t be able to afford insurance!” pic.twitter.com/vrbhbOiBMM
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 21, 2017
Spotted at Grassley town hall pic.twitter.com/Y6gkDu5yir
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) February 21, 2017
This is said to be one of reasons Trump hasn't come to NYC – protests that will surround the tower, moat-like. https://t.co/DqCJBORXQJ
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 21, 2017
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