Republican congressman preemptively cancels April town hall event to avoid constituents

[Jimbo101]

Daily Kos


U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin, who was reelected to represent the 1st Congressional District in November, has canceled an upcoming event for constituents at the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton Village following reports that local organizations planned to hold a protest rally at the event.

According to Mr. Zeldin’s communications director, Jennifer DiSiena, the April 18 event was canceled due to concerns about anticipated harassment by groups that had rallied at a recent event in East Patchogue, where Mr. Zeldin was honored as Man of the Year by the Rotary Club of Shirley and the Mastics.

Regarding the upcoming library event in Southampton Village in April, Ms. DiSiena said in an email last Thursday, February 2, “This meeting was co-opted, renamed and re-branded by a group of liberal activists who were already holding strategy meetings to turn it into a disruptive show for their own political theater.”

[LonePirate]

1. Chickenshit bastard doesn't have the courage to face his constituents.

[gopiscrap]

2. fuck him chicken shit asswipe

[TheMastersNemesis]

3. You Can't Touch Him Until 2018. Then The Election Will Be Rigged.

[Skittles]

4. FUCKING SNOWFLAKE

[Initech]

5. I believe this is what we call "needing a safe space", kids!

[Lifelong Protester]

6. Do your job!!

[fierywoman]

7. Southampton has a s***load of money to spend against him,

should they choose to.

[3catwoman3]

8. Now that is what I call...

...planning ahead.

Seems like he doesn't think things are going to get much happier for his constituents by April.

[Guilded Lilly]

9. For their own political theater...

Republicans just hate it what someone else plays their game on their stage

[Hortensis]

11. Any questions that weren't on his agenda would of

course be considered "disruptive."

There are now thousands of Indivisible groups alone around the nation, no doubt most showing up for these things. Hopefully, even more citizens will get involved, but respectful of the process, questioning their representatives and expecting them to actually, you know, represent them.

Ideally, the conservatives at the meeting would have a hard time figuring out if these questions were from their fellows or from evil liberals. Because we share most of the same issues.

[barbtries]

10. otherwise known as

your constituents you motherfucker.