Tempers flare as few Republicans hold in-person town halls

Republican town halls bring arrests, stun guns and voter worries about Trump

The few congressional Republicans still willing to hold in-person town hall meetings in their home states are facing heated criticism over United States President Donald Trump’s policies and the prospect of deep cuts to social safety programmes, including Medicaid. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

Gainey, Summer Lee host town hall to address Trump changes, policies

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., hosted a town hall downtown Tuesday to address the Trump administration policies and ongoing changes across the country.

‘I’ll do it for them’: House Democrat says she’ll hold town halls when GOP colleagues won’t

Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) joins Meet the Press NOW as Democrats hold town halls in GOP districts and calls on her party to center the middle class in its messaging while defending the due process rights of deported migrants.

Trump policies spark clashes at GOP town halls across U.S. | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

WASHINGTON >> The few congressional Republicans still willing to hold in-person town hall meetings in their home states are facing heated criticism this week over President Donald Trump’s policies and the prospect of deep cuts to social safety programs, including Medicaid.

Republicans Face Protests over Trump’s Agenda at Raucous Town Hall Meetings

In Georgia, a man was tased by police on Tuesday as protesters peacefully disrupted a town hall in Cobb County hosted by Republican Congressmember Marjorie Taylor Greene. Video shows several police officers escorting the man out of the venue when one of the officers fired the Taser. Shortly after the protester was tased, Greene said to the crowd, “This is a peaceful town hall.”  At a separate Republican town hall in Iowa Tuesday, a crowd heckled…

CNN's Kate Bolduan pushes back against GOP congressman's smears of protesters

CNN's Kate Bolduan pushed back on a Republican congressman's claims about paid protesters showing up to town halls. GOP lawmakers have faced down angry protesters lashing out over president Donald Trump's agenda and Elon Musk's cuts to the federal workforce, and Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) blamed the media for inciting the confrontations and agreed with Republican leadership that the demonstrations were staged. "I think it's a symptom literally of…