WaPo: “Rep. Chuck Edwards kicked off a town hall meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, to applause for being one of the few Republican lawmakers still willing to meet with constituents amid warnings from GOP leadership to bypass in-person sessions.
By the night’s end, he was pleading with the crowd for civility.
“Would you give me a chance to answer this question, and you can start yelling after?” Edwards asked, after receiving a question about President Donald Trump’s “destructive and disastrous trade war.” Within a minute, the crowd booed him once again.
Edwards was repeatedly interrupted at the Thursday meeting as he fielded questions about Trump’s foreign policy, Elon Musk’s efforts to make cuts to government agencies through the U.S. DOGE Service, and how he would “make sure North Carolina does not get taken over by dictatorship and fascism.” The reaction grew especially hostile when he voiced support for Trump administration policies, including loud boos when he said the president supported Ukraine and when he defended Musk and DOGE. DOGE stands for Department of Government Efficiency.”