He defended that strategy this morning, saying they “really are more informative” because he can take more questions and reach more people who tune in online.
The congressman has taken a liking to teleconference-style town halls in recent months.
When C4 asked Harris if he thought some of the booing was tied to support for Trump among constituents in his conservative district, the congressman declined, saying, “This has been going for awhile.”īefore the Friday meeting, constituents had been deriding Harris for not hosting any recent in-person town halls or attending ones put on by constituents. After the measure was pulled from the House floor in just over two weeks, President Trump called out the entire Freedom Caucus on Twitter, telling constituents to eye their replacements come next election season. Harris belongs to the hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus, which recently pushed back against more moderate colleagues in Congress who wanted to proceed with a replacement bill for Obamacare. Given his support for Trump, it was a bit ironic that Harris was on the receiving end of some harsh words from the president last week. A career anesthesiologist before he stepped into politics, Harris has been critical of government spending and Obamacare since he took office in 2011. Harris was the only member of Maryland’s congressional delegation who was outspokenly supportive of our new president, former real estate mogul Donald Trump, upon his election to the White House in November. “This is America, that’s their right and their privilege to do it, but it was disrespectful to the people who really go to town hall meetings to actually hear someone and have a conversation about ideas,” he said.
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Harris didn’t condemn their use of free speech, but said they did make things worse for those who wanted to hear him. “The bottom line is, we know from social media that there were busloads of people coming in from outside the district,” he said, per WBAL. Two days out, Harris suspects people bused in to spoil what he said would have been a productive discussion. During the event, Harris reportedly grew visibly frustrated about being interrupted and asked at one point, “Are you all done?”
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