A legislative town hall organized by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee devolved into chaos Saturday when unidentified, plainclothes security personnel dragged a Post Falls woman from the Coeur d’Alene High School auditorium for heckling legislators.
Is it normal for a “legislative town hall” to be organized by one party’s central committee?
For autocrats and dictators, yes.
I mean, in my area the town halls put on for our super based Oregon democratic senators to visit are typically scheduled/MC’ed by the county democratic party committee. Or at least assisted in some capacity. That’s not unusual.
The suppression of dissent by the Republican’s personal brownshirts is the unusual part. Focus on that.
It’s not the “town hall” aspect I’m wondering about, it’s the “legislative”. The name implies that they’re seeking input from the general public in their role as legislators, not politicians campaigning for their party.
Well, after reading the article…
So, actual GOP legislators were there, but not fully enumerated by the article’s author.