Beto O'Rourke says his Cabinet secretaries would hold monthly town halls

[DemocratSinceBirth]

(CNN)Beto O'Rourke said Monday he would require his Cabinet to hold monthly town hall meetings if he is elected president in 2020.

The former Texas congressman said he would sign an executive order on his first day in office requiring the town halls "to listen to you and to be accountable to you so that we deliver for you."
"Not a handpicked audience. Not a theatrical production. But a real, live, town hall meeting -- not just to answer questions, but to be held accountable," O'Rourke told progressive activists at the We the People Summit in Washington.
The approach would match O'Rourke's own history. He held at least one town hall meeting per month during his six years in Congress, and, during a failed 2018 Senate bid, visited all 254 counties in Texas. He launched his presidential campaign last month with nearly two weeks filled with question-and-answer sessions in early-voting states.


https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/01/politics/beto-orourke-cabinet-members-town-halls/index.html

[Kentonio]

1. How do you hold a town hall for an entire nation?

Genuinely curious about the practicalities of this.

[LonePirate]

3. Rotate state visits among the Cabinet and make sure all 50 are visited during the term.

[Kentonio]

6. Fairly sure 4x12 is 48 not 50.

[LonePirate]

8. Seriously? That's your response? Hold a town hall every 29 days then. Is that better?

[Kentonio]

10. Sorry I was only teasing.

Forgot that it doesn’t always come across in text. Apologies.

[Tiggeroshii]

14. we only need to count 1 dakota and 1 carolina.

there. problem solved!

[Kentonio]

16. Hahaha

[Amimnoch]

4. He does his through livestreams.

Just like he did with his El Paso kick-off this past weekend.

Households all across the nation hosted livestream watch parties.

In ones he's done in the past, like during his Senate run, different hosted locations can ask questions back.

He makes an incredible effort to hear what the people have to say.

[MyNameGoesHere]

7. Technology get off my yard!!

[Kentonio]

17. Which technology gives 325m people a reasonable chance of speaking?

[UniteFightBack]

15. Especially monthly for fucks sake. nt

[tinrobot]

2. 20+ cabinet-level positions... so one town hall every weekday?

Seems a bit much.

[JI7]

5. doesn't seem like a good idea

but I could be wrong. it could maybe make people more aware of what govt does.

maybe every 3 months might be better.

[dsc]

9. I get why this would be appealing

but honestly I think cabinet members should be picked for how well they can run a department and not how well they can speak in public. I am not sure those skills overlap.

[marylandblue]

11. Cabinet level officials generally do have some public speaking ability

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The speak at employee gatherings, conferences, trade group meetings etc. It's not necessarily their strong suit, but they do need to do a passable job.

[Otto Lidenbrock]

12. Given Trump's criminal cabal hide away from transparency

This sounds a refreshing idea. Although it would have to be rotational as people (both voters and cabinet members) will get fatigued at hearing the same things dressed up if there is paralysis of action.

[Gothmog]

13. I like this proposal

Link to tweet