UTAH: Gay Democrat Trolls GOP House Rep’s Raucous Town Hall By Handing Out Rubles To “Paid Protesters”

April 1, 2017 Activism, Politics

The Associated Press reports:

A crowd of more than 1,000 people in Utah’s Democratic stronghold booed Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart at a Friday night town hall as the congressman defended GOP positions on health care, public lands and immigration. Audience members yelled, “Do your job,” imploring him to investigate and denounce connections between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia and to hold the new administration accountable.

Stewart started the event at a high school in Salt Lake City by acknowledging that most of those in the crowd didn’t vote for him, but he said he thinks it’s still important to hear them — one of the few comments he made that received applause. “It’s my job to be here,” he said. The crowd applauded and one person shouted, “Tell that to Chaffetz!”

The event marked the first town hall by a member of the state’s all-Republican congressional delegation since Rep. Jason Chaffetz was shouted down by a cacophony of boos at a February town hall. Chaffetz later claimed that some of those in attendance were paid protesters. Before Stewart’s event started Friday night, Democratic state Sen. Jim Dabakis of Salt Lake City said he wanted to ensure attendees were also “paid,” and he handed out Russian rubles to dozens of people waiting in line to enter.

Dabakis is a co-founder of Equality Utah.



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