Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsif 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
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
6 replies, 2694 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (2)
ReplyReply to this post
6 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
if conservatives won't hold townhall meetings why can't we have nearby democratic Congress people (Original Post)
beachbum bob
May 2017
OP
MANative
(4,113 posts)1. I've heard of a good handful of these happening.
I've seen tweets and FB posts about it, including invites from Dem reps welcoming people from other districts.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)2. Damn straight! nt
JHan
(10,173 posts)3. Patrick Maloney suggested as much recently on Rachel Maddow
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
(86,963 posts)4. Another "thing" that I have heard about
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.
riversedge
(70,464 posts)5. YUP--see this.....
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)6. I wrote to my Representative and both Senators
suggesting they do the same thing. It's a great way to show people that Democrats are on their side.