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Related: About this forumAnti-Trump protesters pack Perdue, Isakson (Hice) event (Greensboro, GA 02/10/17)
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/anti-trump-protesters-pack-perdue-isakson-event/492921704Anti-Trump protesters pack Perdue, Isakson event
by: Greg Bluestein, AJC Updated: Feb 10, 2017 - 12:08 PM
GREENSBORO, Ga. - The protests that have rocked Republican town hall meetings across the nation have arrived in Georgia.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/anti-trump-protesters-pack-perdue-isakson-event/492921704#
Dozens of protesters packed a meeting on Friday in Greensboro hosted by aides to U.S. Sens. David Perdue and Johnny Isakson and Rep. Jody Hice. The trio of Republicans, though, were not there.
The meeting which a Hice spokesman characterized as a routine constituent service day featuring private sessions with local residents is one of the first Republican congressional events in Georgia since Donald Trumps inauguration.
https://twitter.com/i/videos/tweet/830067153101545472?embed_source=clientlib&player_id=0&rpc_init=1&language_code=en
About a half-dozen congressional aides briefly addressed the crowd, telling them the event was not a town hall and they would take no questions from the floor. They left after crowd members chanted shame, shame, shame."
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An aide to Congressman Jody Hice (R-GA) did come back out and jot down some questions for the audience.
I already heard a conservative pundit on a local GA NPR news show claim that the "protestors" were recruited on Craigslist and paid to attend, which is, of course, total BS.
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Anti-Trump protesters pack Perdue, Isakson (Hice) event (Greensboro, GA 02/10/17) (Original Post)
CottonBear
Feb 2017
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gademocrat7
(11,163 posts)1. Resist!
CottonBear
(21,613 posts)3. I'll bet no GA GOP Congressmen will appear in public meetings anytime soon.
We've got 'em on the run!
riversedge
(73,105 posts)2. K and R.