Democratic Congressman Fears ‘Ambush’ by ‘Brown Shirt’ ‘Extremists’

By: James Richardson (Diary)  |  August 6th at 10:24 AM  | 

For fear of being ‘ambushed’ by Republican “lynch-mobs,” Democratic Congressman Brian Baird (WA-3) said he refuses to hold in-person town hall meetings over the summer’s month-long Congressional recess. Citing the G.O.P.’s “Brown Shirt tactics” as the impetus for his decision, Baird told the Columbian he will instead host a telephone town hall, thereby lessening the ability for “extremists”—which ostensibly is anyone expressing legitimate dissent—to “shout | Read More »