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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Republican Walks Out on Reporter Over Non-Residents at Local Town Hall

Rep. Rod Blum (R-Iowa) ended an interview with a reporter on Monday in which he was questioned about requiring identification for people taking part in his town hall meetings. Left-wing activists across the country have systematically disrupted these events — sometimes people who are not constituents.

Josh Scheinblum, a reporter with the ABC-affiliate TV9 in Cedar Rapids, asked Blum “why the decision was made” to require identification.

“Because we want people from the first district to be at our town halls,” Blum said. “We don’t want people from outside of the first district.”

“We don’t need people from Chicago there or Des Moines there or Minneapolis there,” Blum said. “I don’t represent them.

“They should go talk to their representatives at their town hall meetings,” Blum said. “I don’t know why they would want to be at my town hall meetings to start with.”

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Town Halls are for residents in a person's district not Soros's paid goons. ID requirements should be enforced across the board - especially for voting!

Anonymous said...

Tells you how smart that reporter was if he was talking to an empty chair. Has to be a democrap!

Anonymous said...

Good for him. They should all do it.

Anonymous said...

These paid protesters are disruptive and disrespectful which steals time away from the issues that constituents are there to discuss.