Angry Constituents Hammer Tom Cotton At Town Hall: Do Your Job

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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) faced hundreds of angry constituents at a town hall Wednesday night who grilled him for two hours on the Affordable Care Act, immigration, President Donald Trump’s administration and other issues.

The town hall, held at a high school in Springdale, Arkansas, was raucous throughout. About 2,000 people packed the auditorium and frequently drowned Cotton out with cheers, boos and jeers. Some attendees waved red cards when the senator said something they didn’t agree with.

The uproar hit a peak when a 25-year-old constituent pressed the senator on whether he intends to preserve the Affordable Care Act’s treatment protections for people with preexisting conditions. (Congressional Republicans, including Cotton, have vowed to repeal Obamacare but have yet to lay out a comprehensive plan for replacing it.) She kicked off her remarks by asking who in the auditorium was affected by the Affordable Care Act:

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1. I saw a few minutes of that on CNN...

It looked to me like he had a plant. A school teacher who claimed to work 3 jobs and her health insurance premiums went up a whole bunch. She supports appealing Obamacare.

She was standing all the way in the back, was perfectly miked and had nothing but praise for Cotton and condemnation for Obamacare.

The whole thing seemed a little staged to me. He's a despicable human being.