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The Associated Press reports:
Before answering an attendee’s question about President Donald Trump’s “destructive and disastrous trade war,” U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards made a plea to the rowdy crowd at his Thursday town hall in Asheville, North Carolina. “Let me answer and then if you don’t like it, you can boo or hiss or whatever you’d like to do,” Edwards said, visibly exhausted.
For about an hour and half, Edwards endured a constant barrage of jeers, expletives and searing questions on Trump administration policies. About 300 people crammed inside a college auditorium for the town hall, while the boos from more than a thousand people outside the building rumbled throughout the event.
Less than 30 minutes into the town hall, Edwards started to change his tune as a majority of attendees interrupted him with vitriolic disruptions. “And you wonder why folks don’t want to do these town halls,” Edwards said over shouting.
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Edwards appeared here in 2023 when he sought to defund states with legalized weed, claiming that it causes “suicide, IQ loss, and schizophrenia.”
holy shit this question at the Rep. Chuck Edwards town hall 🔥🔥🔥
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
REP. CHUCK EDWARDS: Actually I believe that president is very supportive of Ukraine
TOWN HALL: *BOOOOOOOO!*
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
REP. CHUCK EDWARDS: I happen to believe very much that President Trump supports our Constitution
TOWN HALL: *BOOOOOO!*
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
REP. CHUCK EDWARDS: The folks who work with DOGE have gone through the same exact security screens as everyone else
TOWN HALL: *Boooooooo!*
EDWARDS: Are we through taking questions?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM