Here’s what three very different House Democrats faced at town halls over the two-week recess
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — The “Make America Great Again” hats were in the front row Thursday night at freshman Rep. Anthony Brindisi’s first town hall event since Speaker Nancy Pelosi blessed an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.
POLITICO has zeroed in on three House Democrats whose different approaches to impeachment underscore the tensions the party faces.Outside the New Hartford high school, a group of pro-Trump picketers stood on the manicured lawn shouting “Honk for Trump!” at every car that passed — at times, getting into shouting matches with drivers who didn’t share their politics.
“When people talk to me about President Trump, I always said... if he’s doing things that help the state, help the community, help the country, I’ll be the first one to support him,” Brindisi said.“But if he’s doing things that I think are going to harm this country — I don’t care if it’s Donald Trump or Barack Obama, if he’s doing something that’s going to hurt the country, I’m going to stand up,” Brindisi said, prompting a roar of applause.
“I said, ‘It will be a two year distraction,’” Wild told a standing room-only crowd at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa. That was her thinking during the 2018 campaign and much of 2019. At her town hall meeting on Oct. 2, Wild was forced to intervene as one of her constituents, a local doctor named John Jaffe, spoke up to decry “endless accusations against the president” and was drowned out by booing in the room and shouts for him to sit down.
Before Casten won the suburban Chicago district in 2018, it was represented by a Republican for more than 45 years. Clinton narrowly won the district in 2016, but he expected to be grilled on his aggressive posture during aBut with a calm demeanor, Casten took on the pro-Trump voters one at a time. Casten was unapologetic, ticking off the evidence contained in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and hammering Trump over his solicitation of foreign assistance to investigate a political rival.
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