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By ESME CRIBB Published MARCH 2, 2017, 6:57 PM EDT
Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL) said on Thursday that he used "a poor choice of words" when he compared holding town halls to "the cleansing that the Orientals used to do where youd put one person out in front and 900 people yell at them."
"While there was no malicious intent, I regret that my words may have distracted from an important point," Bost said in a statement emailed to TPM. He described protests at town halls as "coordinated disruptions taking place across the country."
"When the booing and shouting drowns out the conversation were trying to have with our constituents, it becomes that much harder to govern," Bost said.
In a meeting with the editorial board of The Southern on Friday, Bost said that in-person town halls "are out of control."
"You know the cleansing that the Orientals used to do where youd put one person out in front and 900 people yell at them? Thats not what we need," he said.
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tanyev
(42,568 posts)What kind of movies is he watching?
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)It's also possible he just made up shit.
Binders Keepers
(369 posts)We are the 900, and we aren't going away.
Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)Not only "cleansing" but Orientals? This guy is a clueless idiot.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)Huh.
Go figure.