“Actually, I’d had a hole in my schedule that got created and I was needing to leave to go to a different event and, rather than just hang out in my office making calls, I thought, ‘You know what? I’m going to go out, spend a little time with folks.’”
U.S. Representative Bill Huizenga said he spent more than 45 minutes fielding questions about his support of President Trump, Social Security, tariffs, DOGE, education, and government debt.
“It really is about making sure that we are reaching out and communicating with constituents, and we do that very well and very effective through various means.”
Huizenga and other Republican representatives have come under fire recently for holding virtual town hall forums rather than in-person, an option Huizenga stated was becoming unproductive due to interruptions and outbursts.
“Two weeks ago, we had a telephone town hall where we dialed up 100,000 people and we had tens of thousands or people that participated actively in this.”
Over the past two months, Huizenga says he’s fielded over 37,000 inquiries. While he felt safe during his impromptu in-person meeting, his office recently instituted an automated phone system to deal with an increase in threatening calls against him and staff.
