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Republican congressmen are questioned about Trump in a raucous city hall in New York

SOMERS, N.Y. (AP) – Voters in the suburb of New York swing area of ​​U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler unloaded criticism of Republicans in a raucous city hall on Sunday night, raising questions about Donald Trump's aggressive agenda, then turned attendees' chaotic chorus into attendees' chaotic chorus and expelled by law enforcement.

Summers' Town Hall is a tree-shaded part of the Lawler Hudson Valley area and starts to sway soon after it begins.

The first crack emerged when Lawler told the squeezed tuition school auditorium in his opening speech “this is what democracy looks like.”

Laughing crawled through the crowd.

Not long after, Congressmen mentioned federal health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

“So, do you want oil-based dyes to continue?” Lawler asked.

In some cases, Republicans have been sparse in their homeland in the first few months after President Donald Trump’s tenure as party leaders warn Republicans in fragile seats.

Lawler, a moderate, won a second term last year and publicly expressed interest in running for governor, instead trying to put himself in front of voters, held the previous town hall late last month and had more plans in the coming weeks.

Lawler staff asked people to do RSVP and set a series of basic rules on Sunday, including attendees attending the area, not documented at events, not yelling or standing, and “respect each other, staff and members of Congress,” read a sign on the door.

Once, when Lawler answered questions about tariffs, security and law enforcement began to revolve around a woman in the upper part of the auditorium. The crowd chanted “Let her stay, let her stay” before law enforcement pick her up and take her away. It is not clear what exactly caused her dismissal.

“Shameful! Shameful! Shameful!” the audience shouted.

Lawler tries to get back on track: “Tariffs are much more complicated than you want, guys.”

The crowd sang.

“People, enough!” Lawler said above.

Not long after, another person was deleted. Then there is another one.

Among the audience, Jeanette Spoor, a 74-year-old retiree, said she wanted to ask Lawler about the future of Social Security and Medicaid, but didn't ask for it during the nearly two-hour event.

“If you make it difficult for them to get help, you won’t help your constituents,” she said in an interview.

She added: “I have no hope for this guy.”

Another attendee, Kristi Thompson, 52, said she was talking about Lawler's long answers that didn't solve the essence of the crowd problem.

“He claimed to be available to voters, but he was not,” she said.

In the last question of the night, the crowd walked out, which was about protesting Israel. Lawler began to answer, but cut himself off as the room cleared.

“I thank everyone who came out tonight, to take the time to ask your questions, hear my answers, whether you like them or agree with their consent, or if you really want to hear them, but I really appreciate you attending.”

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