After several Republican lawmakers were forced to listen to their voters' displeasure, town halls are off!
The chair of the House GOP's campaign arm told Republican lawmakers Tuesday to stop holding in-person town halls amid a wave of angry backlash over the cuts undertaken by President Donald Trump's administration.
Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), the NRCC chair, delivered the message inside a closed-door meeting of House Republicans, according to three people granted anonymity to describe the private remarks.
Trump on Monday dismissed the town hall uproar — much of it trained on the sweeping cutbacks made by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency — as being the work of "paid 'troublemakers.'" Many other GOP leaders have adopted a similar tack, asserting that the protests Republican lawmakers have encountered have been concocted by Democrats and do not reflect genuine voter anger over the Trump cuts.
Politico
Hoping to retain their slim majority in the face of massive backlash, the NRCC chairman has ordered Republican congress people to stop holding humiliating town halls. The best way for Republicans to survive this is to wait until Trump bans elections, and hope he doesn't dissolve Congress. Cowering in the corner is a popular option amongst Republicans.
