From the Lexington and Rockbridge and Buena Vista Democrats:
Republican Congressman Morgan Griffith, who represents our neighboring Ninth District, says holding in-person town hall meetings with his constituents is “inefficient.”
He says that due to the size and dispersed population of the Ninth, he hasn’t held a “brick-and-mortar” town hall in more than 10 years.
However his Democratic predecessor Rick Boucher held at least 70 town halls throughout the district during his 18 years in Congress.
Ben Cline held in-person meetings with his Sixth District constituents until last November. He hasn’t held a single one since. He can’t even offer the same dubious excuse as Griffith, So what’s CLINE’S excuse?
Also, per this article:
Griffith dismissed complaints about his lack of in-person town halls as “Democratic talking points.” He said that his predecessor – Democratic congressman Rick Boucher – did not hold town halls throughout his 22-years representing the Ninth District until Griffith won the 2010 election.
Boucher on Thursday countered Griffith’s claim.
“Let me set the record straight,” said Boucher. “Most years while I was in Congress, I held 70 or more in-person town halls across the district, at least two per locality. The district was a little smaller then but with independent cities and counties, that was 27 localities in which we tried to hold at least two meetings a year or more.”
Exactly right by former Rep. Rick, Boucher (D-VA09), who by the way was an INFINITELY better Congressman than Morgan Griffith, who is just an embarrassment and a clown.
Speaking of clowns, check this out from the Goochland Democratic Committee about their insurrectionist, far-right-extremist joke of a “Congressman,” John McGuire, and a 5th CD Town Hall citizens of VA05 will be holding this afternoon, “with or without him.”
Among other things, presumably VA05 voters would love to ask McGuire about his absurd, false, crazy statements about “entering the Golden Age of America” under Trump, and supposedly how things “will get tough before it gets better,” because…blah blah blah Biden blah blah blah. What f’ing joke.
Finally, speaking of horrible Virginia Republican members of Congress, how about this: Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) refuses to hold a real town hall with her constituents, then claims to have held one…except it turns out it was with the Koch-brothers-funded, far-right group “Americans for Prosperity” (anti-environment, anti-healthcare, anti-labor, anti-democracy, etc.). To this day, it’s mind boggling that a narrow majority of VA02 voters actually chose to replace the superb Rep. Elaine Luria (D) with Kiggans, who is a MASSIVE step down in quality from Luria. What the hell were those voters even thinking??? Were they thinking at all??? Ugh.
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