Seems my Republican congressman (Tom Barrett, MI-07) won’t face his constituents except by tele-town hall. Sign up on his website, they said, and they’ll send you the number. My household signed up—never got a phone #. Neither, it seems, did *a lot* of other people. - ThreadSky

abradschwartz.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Seems my Republican congressman (Tom Barrett, MI-07) won’t face his constituents except by tele-town hall.

Sign up on his website, they said, and they’ll send you the number.

My household signed up—never got a phone #.

Neither, it seems, did *a lot* of other people.

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twittertwat.bsky.social•1 day ago

Here’s what you do you find the place in your town where a lot of people gather and you have your own fucking town hall without him there just say hey since he won’t listen, I’m gonna and let’s see if we can get him to notice. I think you’ll be surprised at the results

craigisonline.bsky.social•2 days ago

I laughed out loud when I saw an quote of him saying the protesting groups are backed by George Soros. These guys honestly can't imagine that they're the baddies, hey? Still accept taxpayer money for their wages but refuse to speak in person with them. Seems sort of illegal.

izitovyet.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah i would definitely have more money if this were true, I guess he's afraid of getting whipped with cardboard by an 80 year old.

awclark587.bsky.social•2 days ago

Perhaps he had Elon set up the webinar.

wwardcraft.bsky.social•2 days ago

My congressman (Lloyd Smucker, PA-11) has been running the tele-town hall dodge for years.

jimraff.bsky.social•2 days ago

Mike Bost in Southern Illinois is playing the same game. Repubs just can’t face their constituents.

cantb.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Same. I signed up and was never sent the info

emilydolson.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm really curious whether anyone actually got the e-mail/call with the number or if people only found it through social media (like everyone else, I registered but did not receive any info)

abradschwartz.bsky.social•2 days ago

No idea, but one or two of the callers who asked questions referred to previously having interacted with Barrett in person (which I’m sure was totally coincidental).

emilydolson.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah, it was wild to me that they openly admitted that! Like, at least try to make it look like it wasn't a set-up!

I'm so curious whether the one person who managed to ask a critical question had to lie about what her question was to get it past the moderator.

robo216.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just takes a second to see if you are registered as D or R. Both have access to the info and use it according. Usually used to canvas at election time and make sure the voters get out, and to find out their hot buttons. In 2021 women's rights and concern of democracy were tied. I bet that changed

stoopcat.bsky.social•2 days ago

cross-checking with party affiliation maybe?

pmpknspcaholic.bsky.social•2 days ago

Same thing happened in Bost district in southern IL. Many didn’t get a call that signed up. Claimed it was a problem with the internet carrier.

youtackything.bsky.social•2 days ago

lmao I guarantee they checked the party registrations at the address

mommamelch.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s amazing how Dems could have thousands on Zoom and Microsoft Teams with little or no issues. But Republicans can’t even put together a Telephone Townhall?

jeelbean.bsky.social•1 day ago

“Can’t” is different than “won’t “

wayofthelotus.bsky.social•2 days ago

Mississippi politicians have been running this game for years to avoid town halls. It's a heritage foundation specialty.

leftspace13.bsky.social•2 days ago

same in NY-01 lalota, telephone town hall where no critics got the number.

abradschwartz.bsky.social•2 days ago

At least some folks got in, but this doesn’t exactly seem like a representative sampling of the district…

🤔

https://bsky.app/profile/devinsbarncat.bsky.social/post/3lk2qwnhu3c2x

devinsbarncat.bsky.social•2 days ago

I only got the phone number because it was shared on Facebook, I never got the email to join it. And evidently only his ass kissers are allowed to ask questions.

raportelli.bsky.social•2 days ago

I got in, but he really is just blubbering on and not at all acknowledging the current state of affairs.

abradschwartz.bsky.social•2 days ago

Apparently this @cnn.com producer also had some trouble getting into Rep. Barrett’s alleged tele-town hall.

I hope she had more luck than the congressman’s actual constituents…

raportelli.bsky.social•2 days ago

Rep. Barrett's tele-town hall Poll #2 on whether the viewers approve of DOGE - 70% No, 30% Yes. He's getting called out from Eilleen in Lansing now for not knowing how to do math. Go Eilleen!

abradschwartz.bsky.social•2 days ago

I can confirm that this number works. Just heard the moderator ask us to remember that “this is an interactive forum, and we’d love to hear from you.”

Yeah, right…

https://bsky.app/profile/luckiest13.bsky.social/post/3lk2qzixwd22j

abradschwartz.bsky.social•2 days ago

Good news is they just held a poll on whether we approve of DOGE.

70% said no.

(So maybe this isn’t entirely a charade after all…)

abradschwartz.bsky.social•2 days ago

To be fair to the congressman, the last question was about cutting Medicaid, though he seemed more interested in talking about work requirements than making sure his constituents get coverage.

Moral of the story? MI-07 deserves a representative who will actually *represent* us.

karmasdad.bsky.social•1 day ago

Republican Congress Critters are the cowardliest critters of all.

baddlesmere.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fascist rule book no 1 - control the media and information flow….

ac246.bsky.social•2 days ago

Same with MI-02, Huizenga. He’s been going it for years

patepa.bsky.social•2 days ago

I bet everyone who signed up will be bombarded with solicitations for campaign contributions starting tonight.

soundslikeyello.bsky.social•1 day ago

Can someone afford to get a big cardboard cutout of him printed? I’ll bet the media would cover a “Flat Tom Town Hall”

hagured.bsky.social•2 days ago

I signed up too and never heard anything back. He sent me an email a couple days back about daylight savings, though, so that was super helpful

glass1-2full.bsky.social•2 days ago

All staged questions

glass1-2full.bsky.social•2 days ago

833-305-1693

rejeannevs.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://Senate.slotkin.gov/live is the sign up link

abradschwartz.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’ll be there! I miss having Slotkin as my rep (especially now), but I’m glad to have her as my senator.

rejeannevs.bsky.social•1 day ago

Totally agree!!
Love seeing Michiganders here that are in my district

rejeannevs.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ditto!! Disappointed but not surprised

pimademon.bsky.social•2 days ago

Juan Ciscomani, 06-AZ, same bs.

suebeeblue.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ah, the Peter Roskam trick.

minaturenerd.bsky.social•1 day ago

OK, I thought it was just me... never got a call either. I figure probably because I filled out the "what topics do you want to discuss" field in the registration honestly...

abradschwartz.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not just you. I have my doubts that the registration link worked for anybody.

https://bsky.app/profile/abradschwartz.bsky.social/post/3lk4nhuexic2q

jeelbean.bsky.social•1 day ago

@maddow.msnbc.com

jeelbean.bsky.social•2 days ago

I signed up, but the only reason I got in (around 7:20pm) was because someone on the Indivisible FB page shared a phone #. Absolutely ridiculous.

luckiest13.bsky.social•2 days ago

833-305-1693 is the call in. Found it on reditt. The entire call has been bullshit and every caller is a fan of his. Not one hard question.

minaturenerd.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why, I can hardly believe it... 🙄

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