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beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
Sun May 7, 2017, 06:42 PM May 2017

if conservatives won't hold townhall meetings why can't we have nearby democratic Congress people

hold them in their districts? Constituents need to be kept inform and have themselves heard. If conservatives are too cowardly, we need democrats to step up

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if conservatives won't hold townhall meetings why can't we have nearby democratic Congress people (Original Post) beachbum bob May 2017 OP
I've heard of a good handful of these happening. MANative May 2017 #1
Damn straight! nt dhol82 May 2017 #2
Patrick Maloney suggested as much recently on Rachel Maddow JHan May 2017 #3
Another "thing" that I have heard about 2naSalit May 2017 #4
YUP--see this..... riversedge May 2017 #5
I wrote to my Representative and both Senators NastyRiffraff May 2017 #6

MANative

(4,112 posts)
1. I've heard of a good handful of these happening.
Sun May 7, 2017, 06:45 PM
May 2017

I've seen tweets and FB posts about it, including invites from Dem reps welcoming people from other districts.

JHan

(10,173 posts)
3. Patrick Maloney suggested as much recently on Rachel Maddow
Sun May 7, 2017, 06:47 PM
May 2017

he's been getting a lot of calls from people in Faso's district and he said he's going to do visits to neighboring constituencies.

2naSalit

(86,323 posts)
4. Another "thing" that I have heard about
Sun May 7, 2017, 06:49 PM
May 2017

recently is that constituents held a town hall with a cardboard cutout of their rep present instead. In such cases, I would video the whole thing and then send it to said cowards.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
6. I wrote to my Representative and both Senators
Sun May 7, 2017, 07:10 PM
May 2017

suggesting they do the same thing. It's a great way to show people that Democrats are on their side.

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