
Congressman Barr Skips Town Hall. Hundreds Show Up Anyway
Clip: Season 3 Episode 213 | 1m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
Nearly 1,000 people gathered for the town hall despite Congressman Barr declining to participate.
Nearly 1,000 people gathered at the Kentucky Theatre in Lexington for what Gathering for Democracy called a People's Town Hall on Saturday. Congressman Barr declined to participate. Instead, veterans, educators, and cancer survivors took turns addressing an empty chair and a picture of the Republican Congressman.
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Congressman Barr Skips Town Hall. Hundreds Show Up Anyway
Clip: Season 3 Episode 213 | 1m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
Nearly 1,000 people gathered at the Kentucky Theatre in Lexington for what Gathering for Democracy called a People's Town Hall on Saturday. Congressman Barr declined to participate. Instead, veterans, educators, and cancer survivors took turns addressing an empty chair and a picture of the Republican Congressman.
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My name is nearly a thousand people gathered in central Kentucky over the weekend to deliver messages to Kentucky's sixth district, Congressman Andy Barr.
The group, called gathering for democracy, organized what it called a people's town hall at the Kentucky Theater in Lexington.
Congressman Barr declined to participate.
Instead.
Veterans, educators and cancer survivors took turns addressing an empty chair and a picture of the Republican congressman.
Some said they disapprove of Barr's backing of President Donald Trump.
Others say they are worried about cuts being made by Elon Musk's Doge.
I have always been proud in the United States that we are the leaders in the world in science and medical research, and I want to know, Congressman Barr, what are you going to do to prevent us from slipping and losing our leadership and leadership position?
Andy Barr, these policies and these actions by Elon Musk gutting the V.A., they'll kill people.
We have to be we have to be blunt about that.
Like, we're not here for, you know, ideas and divorced from reality.
And we're here because people will die.
Barr, who is considering running for U.S.
Senator Mitch McConnell's seat next year, criticized the event on social media, saying nice to see Soros.
Plus the left lighting money on fire.
No amount of manufactured outrage by paid activists will stop the mandate for total overhaul of D.C.. And, quote, Congressman Barr is back in Washington, D.C., this week and is hosting a telephone town hall this evening.
It begins at 7:30 p.m. eastern time and will be streamed on his Facebook page.
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