Republican Congressman Escorted Out By Police Amid Protests At Town Hall

Congressman Tom McClintock, R-Calif., fields questions from an audience at the Tower Theatre in Roseville, Calif., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. McClintock on Saturday faced the rowdy crowd at the packed town hall meeting ... Congressman Tom McClintock, R-Calif., fields questions from an audience at the Tower Theatre in Roseville, Calif., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. McClintock on Saturday faced the rowdy crowd at the packed town hall meeting in Northern California, and had to be escorted by police as protesters followed him shouting "Shame on you!" (Randall Benton/The Sacramento Bee via AP) MORE LESS
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Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) was escorted from a packed town hall on Saturday by police as protestors chanted outside.

Hundreds of protestors stood outside McClintock’s town hall in Roseville, California, according to a report by the Sacramento Bee. Most of them attended to express opposition to President Donald Trump’s administration.

Those inside the event pressed McClintock to oppose Trump’s executive order temporarily barring visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States, per the report. They also pressed him to denounce Republican plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act and acknowledge that human-caused climate change is real.

Police and fire officials capped attendance inside the event at about 200 people, according to the Sacramento Bee.

McClintock left the town hall at 11 a.m. after the event ended and was escorted out by police.

He said in an interview that he was advised by police that the situation outside was “deteriorating,” as quoted by the Los Angeles Times, and said the Roseville Police Department decided to provide the police escort.

McClintock said he believed an “anarchist element” among protest organizers came to “disrupt” the town hall.

“It’s the first time I’ve ever had an police department have to extract me from a town hall, and I’ve done well over 100 of them in Congress,” he said.

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  1. Avatar for theod theod says:

    1 / Another pussy almost grabbed by his constituents.

    2 / When in doubt, blame Anarchists. Why not Whigs and Masons, too, while you’re making stuff up?

  2. They really should televise all these town hall meetings on local tv. In toto.

  3. At least he didn’t use the George Wallace “outside agitators.”

  4. Shit, meet fan…

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