Aug 10, 2026

250 People Chanted 'Where Is Jim?' at a Town Hall Jim Baird Skipped. The Year Before, He Flew to Cape Town, Sydney and Dublin.

Baird's constituents have been asking where he is since at least 2024. He skipped a candidate forum, skipped the town hall they held for him, and never answered the reporters who asked. His own financial disclosure shows he found time for three privately funded overseas trips in a single year — and LegiStorm ranked his office among the five worst in the House for keeping staff.

Town Halls Indiana

Aug 10, 2026

400 People Waited for Jeff Hurd. He Called It 'Political Theater' and Blamed George Soros.

About 400 constituents packed a Grand Junction church in February 2025 to ask their new congressman questions. He never answered the invitation. Asked why, he said he wasn't interested in 'political theater' and pointed at George Soros — then promised town halls. He has done them by telephone ever since.

Town Halls Colorado

Aug 10, 2026

Richard Hudson Told Every House Republican to Stop Meeting Voters. Then He Got on the Phone and Told His Own Constituents Medicaid Cuts Were 'Just Rumors.'

In a closed-door meeting, the NRCC chairman advised his members to swap in-person town halls for tele-town halls and Facebook Lives. Then he held one himself — 50 minutes, 11 screened questions, and a Medicaid denial he voted to disprove 72 days later.

Town HallsHealthcare North Carolina

Aug 10, 2026

A Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Heckled Nathaniel Moran at His Town Hall. Moran Told the Room Some Jan. 6 Prisoners Were Treated Unfairly.

Ryan Nichols pleaded guilty to two felonies, including assaulting officers, and drew 63 months in prison. Trump pardoned him. When he interrupted Moran's Tyler town hall demanding due process, Moran later told the room some Jan. 6 prisoners were treated unfairly.

Election DenialTown Halls Texas

Aug 10, 2026

Ten Years, Zero Town Halls. Now John Rutherford's Own Republican Challenger Is Running Against His Absence.

Rutherford says constituents who want a town hall will 'scream and holler, and act like fools.' His Republican primary opponent, Mark Kaye, launched his campaign with this: 'In 10 years of service, this guy hasn't held a single town hall meeting.'

Town Halls Florida

Aug 10, 2026

Rob Wittman Faked a Phone Call for 90 Seconds Rather Than Answer One Question About Social Security

Asked about Speaker Mike Johnson's plan for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, Wittman put a phone to his ear and pretended to talk. The camera could see his screen. There was no call.

Social SecurityTown Halls Virginia

Aug 10, 2026

Congress Holds the Purse Strings. Tom Cole's Plan Was to Ask Elon Musk Nicely Over Bourbon.

The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee told constituents DOGE was 'pretty responsive' if you worked it right. His district lost weather service jobs anyway — and when Norman residents asked him to face them in person, his office said he was busy.

DOGETown Halls Oklahoma

Aug 10, 2026

"Joyce Is Invisible to Us": Two Hundred Fifty People Left Him an Empty Chair. He Had Already Turned Down an In-Person Town Hall.

Joyce turned down an in-person town hall in early 2025, skipped the one his constituents held anyway, and holds telephone events where the president of Indivisible Blair County says his staff 'cherrypicks' the questions. His hometown paper has now twice asked his office for comment and published without an answer.

Town Halls Pennsylvania

Aug 10, 2026

John Carter's Last In-Person Town Hall Was in 2013. When 150 Constituents Held One For Him, They Brought a Life-Size Cutout.

PolitiFact confirmed back in 2018 that Carter's last real town hall was in 2013. His office said the Gabby Giffords shooting was one of 'the many reasons.' When constituents held their own in 2025, his office called them 'the far-left Indivisible group.'

Town Halls Texas