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Now this is how to stage a town hall meeting! Don't let the press ask questions and screen all questions from your constituents beforehand.
LINK“I’m talking to my constituents,” Greene said, refusing to listen to the reporter’s question or offer any response.
Then, staffers from Greene’s office told the reporter she had “caused a disturbance” and demanded that she and her team leave, WRCB reported Wednesday night. A sheriff’s deputy threatened to arrest Aldis and her crew for trespassing at the public town hall, which reporters had been invited to attend, the station reported.
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Greene has dismissed criticism from her colleagues and has called reporting about her past posts “fake news.” Her office also defended the decision on Wednesday to kick Aldis out of the town hall.
“This was a town hall for constituents. Not a press conference,” Nick Dyer, a spokesman for Greene’s office, told The Washington Post in an email. “Every attendee (besides media) was allowed to ask a question and Congresswoman Greene answered every question.”
But according to WRCB, an NBC affiliate in Chattanooga, Tenn., the reporters had credentials to attend the event and were told only after arriving that they would not be allowed to ask questions of Greene or anyone else at the town hall. The station also reported that Dalton residents had to register to attend the event and submit their questions for Greene in advance.