Protesters Swarm Chaffetz Town Hall

[Straight Shooter]

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) on Thursday faced a flood of protesters during a town hall in his home state.

Demonstrators repeatedly disrupted the House Oversight Committee chairman, challenging him over his treatment of President Trump.

“If you want to continue to look into [2016 Democratic presidential nominee] Hillary Clinton, I don’t care,” an attendee named Noor Ul-Hasan asked Chaffetz, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. "But why aren’t you checking out your own president?”

“You’re really not going to like this part,” Chaffetz responded. "The president, under the law, is exempt from conflict of interest laws.”
Chaffetz was a key player in the Benghazi and email investigations that plagued Clinton, a former secretary of State under President Obama. Shortly before Election Day, Chaffetz said he believed the committee had two years' worth of material on her. Now he's facing added pressure to apply the same level of scrutiny to Trump.

The Tribune reported Thursday’s event at Brighton High School in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, was at capacity, with police warning some would not be admitted into its 1,080-person auditorium.

Demonstrators repeatedly booed when Chaffetz mentioned Trump’s name, it said, and some held up signs reading “disagree” at the Utah lawmaker.

“If you want me to answer the question, give me more than five seconds to do it,” Chaffetz said after one interruption. "I’m trying to be as representative as I can.”

In the wake of Trump's election, Republican lawmakers have faced an onslaught of protests.

Chaffetz and Oversight Committee ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) earlier Thursday urged the Office of Government Ethics to recommend disciplinary action against Trump’s top White House counselor.

Kellyanne Conway ignited controversy that morning when she promoted a line of clothing and accessories from Ivanka Trump on Fox News after reports that department store Nordstrom would stop selling the products due to low sales figures.

“Go buy Ivanka’s stuff, is what I would tell you,” she said on “Fox & Friends." "I’m going to give it a free commercial, go buy it today.”

Conway did not apologize during another Fox appearance that evening, saying President Trump “supports me 100 percent.”

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/318869-protesters-swarm-chaffetz-town-hall

How much do paid protestors get? Thinking of getting in the game if they're paying

 

[ritingfunny@yah]

Remember when Democratic Congressmpeople and senators were given the same treatment by tea party people at their Affordable Care Act town hall hearings? What goes around comes around. Opposition is the name of the game in a free society. Although, given the current president's sliminess and ignorance, I suspect there are going to be a LOT of Republicans who will find themselves regretting the day they decided to just go for the ride with him in the name of winning an election.

 

[Jack Davenport]

Remember when Democratic Congressmpeople and senators were given the same treatment by tea party people at their Affordable Care Act town hall hearings? What goes around comes around. Opposition is the name of the game in a free society. Although, given the current president's sliminess and ignorance, I suspect there are going to be a LOT of Republicans who will find themselves regretting the day they decided to just go for the ride with him in the name of winning an election.

Or they can just remind themselves about the lying treasonous cunt they could have hitched their wagon to.

They'll be fine.

 

[Johan]

Or they can just remind themselves about the lying treasonous cunt they could have hitched their wagon to.

They'll be fine.

Maybe not.

Here, in France, among the indepents who had voted for Sarkozy in 2007, many were very angry at him in 2012 so they switched and choosed to vote for Hollande, thinking they were voting for the lesser evil. A few years lather they regret to have made such as choice and are now convinced that, althought he had many downsides, Sarkozy was still a better choice than Hollande
A lot of moderate Republicans and independants will feel the same about Hillary and Trump in a couple of years.

 

[Jack Davenport]

Maybe not.

Here, in France, among the indepents who had voted for Sarkozy in 2007, many were very angry at him in 2012 so they switched and choosed to vote for Hollande, thinking they were voting for the lesser evil. A few years lather they regret to have made such as choice and are now convinced that, althought he had many downsides, Sarkozy was still a better choice than Hollande
A lot of moderate Republicans and independants will feel the same about Hillary and Trump in a couple of years.

The moderate Republicans have already voiced their opinion and acted accordingly. They are called Never Trumpers and they voted for Hillary. You don't know shit about the pulse of the American electorate.