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Byron Donalds held an in-person town hall and spent two hours lecturing the crowd, defending Elon Musk's DOGE, and arguing with the people who elected him.
Idaho's Republican governor, senator and both House members have turned down debates and League of Women Voters forums this year. When his challenger asked him to debate, Russ Fulcher said 'I'm not going to help you.'
At a Mobile County GOP dinner advertised as open to the public, a Lagniappe reporter asked about Tuberville's 2020 pledge to donate 'every dime' of his Senate salary to veterans. Tuberville had sheriff's deputies escort him out. There is still no record he kept the promise.
At a Pinellas campaign stop, Moody insisted she talks to the media all the time. When WMNF asked about Flock surveillance cameras — a contract Plant City's commission approved the evening her husband was sworn in as deputy police chief — her team ushered her out and security blocked the reporter.
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Richard Hudson, chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, ordered House Republicans to stop holding in-person town halls so they wouldn't get called out on camera for gutting healthcare.
Listeners flooded Illinois Public Media with one question for Rep. Mike Bost: why won't you debate, and why won't you face us in person? He said debates reach too few people and town halls got too loud. His opponent took a full live hour on the same show; Bost took 30 pre-recorded minutes.
On national TV at the State Fair of Texas, Rep. Keith Self wouldn't commit to debating Democrat Evan Hunt, who says he has been asking for a debate for over a year. Instead Self called the 3rd District 'my seat,' and said Republicans need more time to fix inflation.
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Monica De La Cruz was caught on leaked audio admitting her poll numbers are dangerously low because voters just don't know her.
The House's No. 3 Republican told the St. Cloud Times that the spending cuts in Trump's budget bill were just the start — 'It doesn't even scratch the surface' — and government needs to be reinvented. The same bill is projected to leave 10 million more Americans uninsured — and the budget office says it adds $3.4 trillion to deficits. He also says he's stopped meeting constituents in public.