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People Say The Republican Congressman Who Was Allegedly Run Off The Road Is Ignoring Them
https://www.buzzfeed.com/briannasacks/kustoff-wright?utm_term=.db7KoV9NX#.la1bdBYNEUNION CITY, Tennessee — A crowdfunding page set up by friends and family of a woman accused of endangering a United States congressman says she was upset the lawmaker didn't return her requests for a meeting or to set up a town hall about the ongoing health care debate.
Wendi Wright, 35, from Union City, Tennessee, wanted to discuss Republican Rep. David Kustoff's vote to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — also known as Obamacare. The measure, which passed the GOP-led House of Representatives earlier this month, has now moved to the US Senate.
Wright was arrested and charged with felony reckless endangerment on May 8 for allegedly trying to run Kustoff off the road after he left the University of Tennessee at Martin, according to the Weakley County Sheriff's Department. Wright reportedly followed a car occupied by Kustoff and two others on a highway and placed them "in fear of being forced off" the road.
She was released after posting $1,000 bond and is scheduled to appear for a hearing Monday in Weakley County General Sessions Court.
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