Dems host town-hall meetings on health care in GOP districts

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Dems host town-hall meetings on health care in GOP districts

Republicans who don't want to explain their health care vote to their constituents have a new problem: there are Dems who'll talk to their constituents for them

Sean Patrick Maloney (D-New York) is interviewed at Roll Call in Washington, D.C.CQ-Roll Call,Inc.

May. 9, 2017, 8:39 AM EDT

By Steve Benen

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On Monday afternoon, Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney listened to their concerns in his 18th Congressional District. Then, he listened to concerns from constituents in the 19th Congressional District Monday night. […]Maloney said he was on hand to “adopt” the 19th district, after he said Faso rejected Maloney’s invitation to visit the 18th district to explain his vote. Maloney said Faso on Monday night was at a fundraiser in Albany. An empty stool had a card with Faso’s name.

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Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."