Posted on 02/22/2017 5:40:56 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
MOUNT STERLING – U.S. Rep. Andy Barr faced an overwhelmingly hostile crowd in Mt. Sterling on Wednesday during his Coffee with a Congressman event.
A standing room only crowd of approximately 100 constituents, many from Lexington and Frankfort, were in attendance at the event often booing and shouting at the 6th district Congressman as he spoke about a number of issues and answered numerous questions.
The tone was set early on as Barr was thanking a few people at the start of the event when he was interrupted by Debbie Winslow, of Lexington, who was upset that Barr had not been in Lexington to talk to voters there.
“Sir, you’ve only given us an hour and we’ve got lots of questions for you,” Winslow said. “We haven’t been able to see you in town halls. You’re not coming to Lexington and Frankfort.”
Barr took the first question asking if he supports independent investigations into President Trump’s alleged connections with Russia.
“Of course we would want to have any independent investigation into any issue which would compromise national security,” Barr said. “Not a single intelligence official has provided evidence yet that there were any improper contacts between the Trump campaign and the intelligence community.”
The biggest issue with those in attendance was repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
As Barr explained his position, he was often shouted at by many in the crowd.
“Four point seven million Americans have lost their health insurance because of Obamacare,” Barr said. “Another fact, the Obamacare exchanges are collapsing right now. Seventy percent of the counties in the United States six years after Obamacare passed have two or fewer insurance choices.”
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They need to check ID’s to make sure they are REALLY CONSTITUENTS!!
The easiest way to deal with this is to do what the leftists do.
Pack the place with one’s own supporters.
have them come way early and feed them
works every time.
Account Suspended.
Time to invoke an ID process for these meetings.
I’d like to see a pic of the room. Probably see lots of those glasses that all liberals wear.
Sounds like Barr handled them well. With some skill and preparation the Pubbie congressmen can turn these hostile events into opportunities.
And how is his Obamacare replacement plan going to change that?
OfA Shadow government stooges.
#fakeprotest
Very interesting. That happened between my post yesterday evening and now.
It was a typical-looking late-middle-age lefty harridan (with financial conflicts of interest in the health care sector) whose Tweeting record was a litany of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Wonder why it was suspended?
Here’s an interesting related story:
Town Hall Project Founded By Former Clinton Staffer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3528098/posts
Documents the source of the astroturfing at all these Republican town halls.
Yep...and this sounds like more astro-turfing to me.
June 2018 race moves to Toss up
http://cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/kentucky-house/ky-06-barr-moves-lean-republican-toss
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