Post by Logan on May 11, 2017 7:03:55 GMT -6
At raucous town hall, Rep. Dave Brat struggles to speak above the jeers
MIDLOTHIAN, Va. — Hundreds of people booed, shouted and laughed derisively at Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) at his first town hall meeting since he voted with other House Republicans to dismantle parts of the Affordable Care Act.
“Everybody asks for town halls so we can have civil discourse,” a frustrated Brat told more than 700 people at a suburban Richmond church on Tuesday night. “That’s what I’m trying to do. If we go this route, it’s going to be very hard to have rational civil discourse. I’m trying.”
Trouble began even before Pastor Stan Grant of Clover Hill Assembly of God finished his invocation. As he prayed to God that the discussion would go forth “in a way that will honor you,” a handful of Brat’s critics stood holding small signs aloft.
“Nope,” “Shame” and “Stop using the Bible as a weapon,” they read.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/at-raucous-town-hall-rep-dave-brat-struggles-to-speak-above-the-jeers/2017/05/10/5bde5e44-3519-11e7-b373-418f6849a004_story.html
MIDLOTHIAN, Va. — Hundreds of people booed, shouted and laughed derisively at Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) at his first town hall meeting since he voted with other House Republicans to dismantle parts of the Affordable Care Act.
“Everybody asks for town halls so we can have civil discourse,” a frustrated Brat told more than 700 people at a suburban Richmond church on Tuesday night. “That’s what I’m trying to do. If we go this route, it’s going to be very hard to have rational civil discourse. I’m trying.”
Trouble began even before Pastor Stan Grant of Clover Hill Assembly of God finished his invocation. As he prayed to God that the discussion would go forth “in a way that will honor you,” a handful of Brat’s critics stood holding small signs aloft.
“Nope,” “Shame” and “Stop using the Bible as a weapon,” they read.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/at-raucous-town-hall-rep-dave-brat-struggles-to-speak-above-the-jeers/2017/05/10/5bde5e44-3519-11e7-b373-418f6849a004_story.html