US EditionA swing-district Iowa Republican says she’ll hold town halls ‘when hell freezes over’
Miller-Meeks refuses public town halls despite criticism over GOP Medicaid cuts and narrow 799-vote win in a key swing district, following party advice amid backlash.
- Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller‑Meeks told Johnson County Republicans she would hold town halls `when hell freezes over` at a meeting later posted on YouTube.
- The Republican represents one of the nation's most competitive House districts in southeastern Iowa and faced scrutiny over refusing public town halls after promising one in April.
- Last week, Miller‑Meeks defended herself to The Gazette's Tom Barton, saying `You know, I don't have to hold a town hall so you can come and yell at me` and that she meets constituents at rotaries and county fairs.
- Party leaders, including National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Rep. Richard Hudson, have advised against town halls after strong opposition to GOP spending cuts this spring, while Miller‑Meeks said she is already being hounded over Medicaid cuts in the GOP's government funding and policy bill.
- Critics including independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg, former Transportation Secretary, criticized swing‑district Republicans' votes for President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and Miller‑Meeks faces a likely rematch next year with Christina Bohannan, Democratic challenger.
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QUICK CLIP: Mariannette Miller-Meeks Says She’ll Hold Town Halls “When Hell Freezes Over”
In a newly uncovered video, Mariannette Miller-Meeks is caught on camera saying she’ll only hold town halls “when hell freezes over.” Miller-Meeks admits she’s been lying to Iowans after repeatedly promising to hold town halls – even saying, “I don’t have to hold a town hall” – at a closed-door meeting in Johnson County. WATCH: Miller-Meeks: “We took the hard votes on reconciliation. We’ve been beat to crap over what we did on Medicaid.” Miller…
GOP Lawmaker Pledges No Town Halls
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) told Republicans in an August meeting that she’ll hold town hall meetings “when hell freezes over,” CNN reports.Said Miller-Meeks: “You have plenty of opportunities to yell at me and tell me I should be ashamed of myself, and by the way, I am not.”
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