2 GOP Reps put voters on "Watch List" for asking questions at Town Hall meetings

[Melensdad]

2 GOP Reps put voters on "Watch List" for asking questions at Town Hall meetings

We know from the last couple of years that Democrats have been intimidating voters, seems that a couple members of the GOP are now taking part.


U.S. Representative Dan Webster (R-FL) distributed a watch list after local activists asked him questions during his town hall meetings. The list includes names, photographs, and pertinent details about the his own constituents, and the materials were photocopied and distributed at his meetings to intimidate the activists.

U.S. Rep. Dan Webster acknowledges distributing 'watch list' of local activists

Instead, the material distributed by the Winter Garden Republican's office this spring has created a stir of its own because it included a watch list of six Central Floridians — with names and multiple photographs — who spoke at Webster town halls earlier this year. It listed their ties, some accurate and some not, to progressive activist groups, and in one case questioned a speaker's service in Vietnam.

"I think it's pretty weird. Someone asks a legitimate question, and all of the sudden somebody's got a dossier on you," said Orlando resident Ron Parsell, 66, one of the six named. "It's the type of thing they'd do in old Russia."

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It turns out that another GOP congressman, U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin (R-AR) was involved in the watch-listing efforts as well.

GOP Congressmen Put Constituents Who Asked Tough Questions On A ‘Watch List’

With black and white photos that resemble police surveillance, some of them pulled from the individuals’ Facebook profiles, the memo is clearly meant to intimidate these six people and anyone else who might stand up and ask a question of their elected representative. At a Griffin town hall, staffers were handing out the Watch List to attendees, calling it their “homework.” Griffin staffers were also spotted taking photos and shooting video of attendees, creating an extra layer of intimidation.

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Reps. Dan Webster (R-FL) and Tim Griffin (R-AR)
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[fogtender]

Re: 2 GOP Reps put voters on "Watch List" for asking questions at Town Hall meetings

Well as sad as it is, turn about is fair play in politics.

Too much scamming is going on and at some point you have to fight fire with fire or you get run over.

Good people are getting run over by activist that aren't elected or are accountable to anyone, I think that making them so isn't that bad of a thing. If they truely believe they are right, it won't phase them a bit.