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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRep. Peter King says he's refusing to do town halls because angry protesters "diminish democracy"
I've had it with these bastards......
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/24/politics/kfile-pete-king-town-halls/index.html?sr=twCNN022417kfile-pete-king-town-halls0753PMStoryLink&linkId=34861501
Rep. Peter King said Thursday that he won't do town hall meetings because he believes they would just devolve into a "screaming session," adding that angry town halls "trivialize" and "diminish" democracy.
The New York Republican noted his many appearances on national television and meetings with supporters and opponents of Obamacare in his office.
"As best I can tell, there are people who are angry, we saw that on election night -- the Hillary people basically went into depression when Donald Trump won," King said on AM970 The Answer. "The anguish on the campuses. There are people who are just angry, they're angry that Trump won, that Hillary lost. There's others who are being, I guess, egged on, if you will. So I'm assuming that they're all legitimate, but to me it just does not serve a purpose. It really diminishes democracy if you're gonna show up to a meeting to just scream and yell.
"In my case, I am not having these town hall meetings because to me all they do is just turn into a screaming session," he said. "What I am doing, I have done every national TV show."
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Keep running away, don't worry we will find you eventually......
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)but he cannot be bothered to talk with his actual constituents?
GOP representative government in action.
Lanius
(601 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Lindsay
(3,276 posts)who talks about "democracy" but wants dictatorship, with himself as dictator.
The Blue Flower
(5,446 posts)It means you work for your constituents and you don't support policies that are inimical to their well-being.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Foreign powers hacking our elections!!
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)or spend the night and hound the living shit out of them z
louis-t
(23,297 posts)town halls didn't seem to bother you.
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)librechik
(30,676 posts)triron
(22,023 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)I think a few folks were "angry" back in 1776 or thereabouts.
logosoco
(3,208 posts)even less than they do the Constitution!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)Those guys sounded seriously pissed off.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)sort of "tough guy" whenever I saw him talking shit on TV back in the day.
Kber
(5,043 posts)Not
coco22
(1,258 posts)thinks he doesn't have to answer to anyone. He never has they need to follow his ass everyday. What about Steve King of Iowa. Where are their missing posters.
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)I can write the campaign ads against this jerk in my sleep.
Peter King, Democracy is a Language He Never Learned.
Lets Diminish Pete King For Good.
Initech
(100,104 posts)I have never in my life seen politicians this out of control and batshit crazy as they are right now. They are not above the law, and they are not above the people. Don't want to face mommy or daddy because you're afraid of the punishment? Too bad!
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)expecting it. They're cowards and they look politically vulnerable to me, lets go after them. I can't wait for them to have the DNC Chair vote and we can get started.
Initech
(100,104 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)It's going to feel good to work to help our side, right now all I feel is angst watching these awful people day after day.
Initech
(100,104 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)Initech
(100,104 posts)If you don't want to face the public, get the fuck out!
Boomerproud
(7,968 posts)One of the congresscritters that runs toward the camera every chance he gets. Creep. Remember this, people in his district.
kcdoug1
(222 posts)Have them in front of his house
Skittles
(153,193 posts)*YOU* ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE "TRIVIALIZING AND DIMINISHING DEMOCRACY"
NOW YOU'RE SCARED BECAUSE YOU ARE *FINALLY* BEING CALLED OUT
YOU'RE COWARDS
Demsrule86
(68,696 posts)going to be a great night in 2018 when I see your concession speech.
onenote
(42,768 posts)for his angry outburst during Obama's SOTU?
I guess only some angry protests diminish democracy -- namely the ones that protest your positions.