Published on Feb 22, 2017
Republicans at risk in 2018 steering clear of town halls February 22, 2017 Most Republicans in swing districts are steering clear of in-person town hall gatherings this week, hoping to avoid the anti-President Trump protesters determined to make them the star of a viral YouTube video.
Instead, these at-risk Republicans are holding small roundtable discussions, Facebook chats and virtual town halls — formats that can more easily be controlled than traditional meet-and-greets.
It’s a safer strategy, but one that comes with a political risk: Democrats are mocking Republicans for running away from their cons uents as their party seeks to gut ObamaCare, build a border wall and temporarily ban travel from seven Muslim-majority nations.
Vulnerable two-term Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) hosted an online town hall on Tuesday but has not scheduled any in-person events, according to the Town Hall Project, which tracks cons uent events. Rep. Ryan Costello (R-Pa.) also will host a pair of virtual town halls later this week.
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“It’s clear that vulnerable House Republicans who voted to rip apart the Affordable Care Act without a replacement plan are running scared from their cons uents, and it’s only making the backlash in their districts grow stronger,” said Tyler Law, a spokesman for the House Democrats’ campaign arm.
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