GOP finds fix for chaotic town halls: Dont hold them

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GOP finds fix for chaotic town halls: Don’t hold them


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/17/gop-finds-fix-for-chaotic-town-halls-dont-hold-them/?utm_term=.8cf110baf660




By David Weigel February 17 at 10:12 AM

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Angry Utahns pack Chaffetz’s home state town hall
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Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) got a frosty reception in his home state on Feb. 9, at a town hall. Angry constituents packed a high school auditorium, grilled the high-ranking congressman with questions and peppered him with boos and chants while protesters amassed outside. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)




Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s (R-Utah) town hall last week marked a high point for the progressive “resistance,” with voters flooding a high school gym, demanding answers on the GOP’s agenda, and chanting “do your job.” The videos of that town hall swiftly went viral.

[Swarming crowds and hostile questions are the new normal at GOP town halls]

On Thursday, the Utah Republican Party settled on its response to the town hall drama: Don’t let it happen again. In a news release, the party said Indivisible Utah, an affiliate of the grass-roots movement that has grown wildly since the presidential election, “surrounded a car” at Chaffetz’s town hall, “denied members of his Congressional District from engaging their Congressman” and was part of a disruptive national movement.

“This organized mob has displayed hostile, violent, and deliberately disruptive behavior, which is unfair to constituents as it hijacks town hall meetings to prevent any type of meaningful discussion,” the party said. “Because of this clear demonstration of violence, if congressional members feel they cannot provide adequate security they should consider tele-town halls to reach out to their constituents instead. If smaller, special interest groups want to meet, they can request meetings with their congressional leaders in controlled environments to minimize the chances of harm until these disruptive behaviors have ended.”

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According to the Town Hall Project, which collates information about public town halls, there are no availabilities in Utah — where every federal officeholder is a Republican — over the coming week. That’s not a fluke. Just 19 Republican members of Congress have scheduled traditional town halls over the week-long recess. Several more, like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), have listed ticketed events or “office hours;” a few more have announced tele-town halls, which allow constituents to lob questions without risking a “YouTube moment.”.........................

[BeckyDem]

1. We can make great campaign ads for us out of this.

Cowards.

[kimbutgar]

2. Then if you see them in public post on social media and have them be swarmed by citizens demanding

They listen to them. Cowards can't go home and hide in their homes. They work for us.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. If they refuse to hold them, then they should be voted out of office.

Simple.

[Rex]

4. Awww are the big baby fuckwad GOPukers crying about Democracy?

Looks like some of them want their supporters to shoot and kill non-violent protesters.

“I need all patriots in attendance to protect Congressman Gaetz from any potential disruption of his speech,” Geoff Ross wrote on Facebook, as first reported by the Huffington Post. “Concealed carry permit holders most welcome – don’t forget your ammo.”

What a bunch of ROYAL losers! The GOP is the party of Scum, that has not the ability to stand up to honest questions and angry VOTERS!

Hey DUMBFUCKS, those are YOUR voters angry at YOU! Don't try to pretend it is all just angry liberals or better yet...DO PRETEND! That way you will be voted out of office faster as you ignore more an more of your own constituents!

[Blue_true]

5. Democrats faced the volt teabagger assault in 2009.

Republicans are acting like cowards and weak babies.