Amid widespread outcry about the Trump administration’s cutbacks to federal programs and agencies, Republican leaders last month urged members of the House of Representatives not to hold town halls in their home districts.
On Monday, Coastal Georgia’s congressman, Buddy Carter, spurned that advice. Kind of.
The five-term lawmaker from St. Simons held a telephone town hall from Washington instead, fielding 11 questions in about 50 minutes.
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