Cowardly Republicans Are Running Away, Cancelling Town Meetings Trying to Avoid a "YouTube Moment"
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Almost all congressional Republicans are scared of facing voters in town hall meetings over the long Presidents Day weekend. Only 19 representatives and senatorsa tiny numberwill hold town meetings during the first recess of the current session of Congress, according to the Town Hall Project. But the groups listing of these democratic mainstays barely tells the story.
According to an eye-opening Washington Post account, Republican officeholders have been cancelling planned town halls because they dont want to face critics upset that they may soon lose their health insurance or see an increase in costs as the GOP plans to undermine Obamacare. Even worse, they dont want organized progressive groups to show up with posters and video camera and determination to challenge them in public and post the confrontations on YouTube.
According to the Town Hall Project, which collates information about public town halls, there are no availabilities in Utahwhere every federal officeholder is a Republicanover the coming week, WaPo wrote. Thats not a fluke. Just 19 Republican members of Congress have scheduled traditional town halls over the weeklong 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."