Oklahoma GOP Rep. Claims He Canceled Town Hall for Safety but That's Not What the Venue Said

[madokie]

Someone doesn't want to face angry constituents.

Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) is afraid of protesters attending his town hall meeting, so he canceled it, claiming he had “safety concerns.”

“Over the past few weeks, we have seen an escalation of protesters at congressional town halls across the nation,” Mullin said in a statement, KJRH reported. “We have even seen them right here in the Second District.”

He’s referring to a March town hall flooded with angry constituents, one of which Mullin had a heated exchange with. He asked a woman to stop holding up a sign and she refused, saying he can drag her away in handcuffs.

“I find it appalling. You can sit there and do what you want but you’re defeating what you’re trying to get done,” he said.

http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/oklahoma-gop-rep-claims-he-canceled-town-hall-safety

In an April 10 town hall, Mullin engaged in another difficult meeting. His constituents repeatedly told him that he worked for them as a public servant but Mullin believes it is a service he provides to the constituents.

“One, you say you pay for me to do this, that’s bull crap, I pay for myself to do this,” Mullin claimed. “This is a service.”

methinks tRump ain't got shit on this 'boy'

Oh btw this is my district

[Beartracks]

1. Safety? What - the safety of his seat? BTW, neighbor...

... I'm in first district.

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[madokie]

2. I remember when Oklahoma was a bastion of Democratic voters

like not many states had. Now we're represented by batshit crazies like Texas ain't seen yet

[joshdawg]

3. Oh, I don't know. I'll see your "crazies" and raise you a gohmert,

or a cruz or..............ad nauseum. :^)

[stevepal]

4. I remember a lot of states the have gone nuts, Let me see

oh yeah, around the time when voting machines started counting votes. Thank God we don't have to count votes by hand anymore and verify the results.

[Behind the Aegis]

5. I saw that on the news here.

Bridenstine (my representative) had his and got shouted down several times. He acted like such an asshole trying to downplay it. But, I said to my husband, "I really don't understand why people are so upset, they voted for this asshole and his new boss!" BTW, Bridenstine is up for the NASA administrator.

[leftynyc]

6. What a weenie

He didn't want the visuals on TV of him getting booed and held accountable.

[beachbum bob]

7. democrats need a candidate in this district to take this guy on....

and people their gotta get off their asses and get him elected