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Rep. Pittenger, a Trump backer, hosted constituents. Boos and catcalls followed.
No more than five minutes after U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger kicked off his final town hall meeting by appealing for a “civil discourse,” the boos and catcalls began.
“All right, you’ve talked enough,” one man yelled. “Let’s hear from the crowd.”
“Trump needs to go and Pittenger needs to go,” another shouted.
Thus began a raucous, two-hour exchange Thursday between the congressman and a crowd of more than 250 at Providence High School in southeast Charlotte. It was the last of nine town hall meetings for the Charlotte Republican before Congress returns to work next week.
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article170806822.html#storylink=cpy