Congressman Flees Interview After One Simple Question

BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE FACING
RENEWED OPPOSITION AT TOWN HALLS.
PEOPLE GETTING MORE ENGAGED IN POLITICS AND GETTING IN THEIR
FACE ASKING WHY THEY ARE VOTING THE WAY THEY ARE, ALL OF THAT.
AT LEAST ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, THEY HAVE COME UP WITH THIS
INTERESTING TACTIC TO FIGHT IT WHERE THEY HAVE STARTED CHECKING
THE IDS AND ADDRESSES OF EVERYONE TO BE ALLOWED INTO THE
TOWN HALL TO MAKE SURE THAT ONLY THEIR CONSTITUENTS ARE ABLE TO
BE THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY ONLY FOCUSED ON THEIR DISTRICT.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE ROD BLENDON IOWA BEING
INTERVIEWED BY JOSH I LOVE WHO WANTS TO SEE HOW FAR HE IS
WILLING TO ACTUALLY TAKE THAT PHILOSOPHY.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE RECEPTION HE GOT IN THIS CLIP.
>>
I THINK SOME WOULD MAKE THE CASE THAT YOU REPRESENT ALL IOWANS.
THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE IMPACT ALL IOWANS SO SHOULDN'T ALL
IOWANS HAVE A VOICE AT THE TABLE OR AT LEAST HAVE THE OPTION TO?
>> I DON'T REPRESENT ALL IOWANS, I RIVERS IN THE FIRST
DISTRICT OF IOWA.
THAT SHOULD BE I THINK EVEN THOUGH I LIVE INTERVIEW,
SHOULD THEY BE ABLE TO VOTE IN IOWA CITY IN THE ELECTION
BECAUSE I LIKE TO VOTE NOT DISTRICT INSTEAD.
>> WE DO STILL TAKE DONATIONS FROM A REPUBLICAN IN IOWA CITY?
>> I AM DONE.
DONE
>> WE HAVEN'T EVEN.
>> THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
HE'S GONNA SIT HERE AND BADGER ME.
>> WE JUST ASKED WHY HE WANTED TO DO THE INTERVIEW.
THAT WAS IT.
CONGRESSMAN, COME ON.
TAKE A SEAT.
CONGRESSMAN, I INSIST.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.
>> DO YOU TAKE DONATIONS?
WOW.
>> THAT WAS THE MOST BENIGN QUESTION I'VE EVER HEARD.
SO YOU ARE BLOCKING PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN YOUR DISTRICT
FROM YOUR TOWNHOUSE.
OKAY, WE GET IT THAT HE DIDN'T CHALLENGE HIM OR SAY IT WAS
WRONG THAT HE SAID SO IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE
NINE YOUR DISTRICT AFFECTING THINGS THAT ARE IN YOUR
DISTRICT, AND HE DIDN'T SAY WOULD YOU TAKE MONEY FROM THE
COKE BROTHERS ARE GEORGE SOROS OR IMPLY ANYTHING EVIL, HE JUST
SAID WOULD YOU TAKE MONEY FROM A REPUBLICAN IN IOWA CITY
THAT IS NOT YOUR DISTRICT.
HOW DARE YOU.
OUTRAGEOUS.
HE STORMS OUT?
HOW GUILTY ARE YOU?
WHAT ARE YOU WAVE A RED FLAG SAYING I WORK FOR MY
DONORS, DON'T ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS THE PARTY THAT BELIEVES THAT MONEY IS SPEECH THAT YOU
LITERALLY WON'T LET THEM SPEAK AT THE TOWN HALL BUT YOU WILL
LET THEM INFLUENCE IT WITH GIGANTIC SUMS OF MONEY THAT IT
IS THE BEST QUESTION THAT THIS INTERVIEWER DID A GREAT JOB
THEIR A NATURAL EXTENSION OF HIS PHILOSOPHY THAT HE
SUPPOSEDLY BELIEVES IN BUT OF COURSE IT IS NOT ABOUT THAT
THAT IS SIMPLY ABOUT LIMITING ANY SORT OF STRIKE BACK,
BLOWBACK FROM WHAT BLUHM IS OFTEN CONGRESS DOING.
>> BY THE WAY, I WILL TAKE THAT DEAL IN A SECOND TYPE YOU
SAY NOBODY IS ALLOWED TO COME TO TOWN ALSO DON'T LIVE IN
YOUR DISTRICT BUT YOU ALSO NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE MONEY FROM
OUTSIDE YOUR DISTRICT, DEAL.
WE WILL MAKE THAT DEAL TODAY.
BY THE WAY, I WANT TO GET REPUBLICANS CREDIT HERE.
ACTUALLY IN SOME OF THE STATES THAT WOLFPACK WORKS IN TO
GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS, THAT IS THE REPUBLICAN PROPOSAL.
I BELIEVE IT IS A NEW HAMPSHIRE WERE THE REPUBLICANS
PROPOSE, YEAH, WE CAN TAKE MONEY AND WE THINK MONEY IS SPEECH.
AN AGREEMENT THAT PART BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE MONEY FROM
INSIDE HER OWN DISTRICT SO YOU REPRESENT YOUR DISTRICT UP
AS A SUPER INTERESTING IDEA THAT WE SHOULD DISCUSS THAT.
BUT THAT VERY IDEA OFFENSE THAT PARTICULAR REPUBLICAN SO MUCH
THAT HE IS LIKE I AM SHOCKED.
>> IT DOESN'T GET TALKED ABOUT THAT I UNDERSTAND MAYBE
THEORETICALLY SOMEONE LIVED THERE MOVED AWAY AND THEY
STILL WANT TO DONATE THE CANDIDATE STOP AT THE IDEA
THAT A CORPORATION FROM ANOTHER STATE SHOULD BE A WILL TO
GET MONEY FOR YOUR CONGRESSIONAL RACE FOR REGULAR PERSON YOU
WOULD HAVE TO SAY WHAT POSSIBLE SENSE DOES THAT MAKE?
HALFWAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY SOME CORPORATION WANTS TO ELECT
MY CONGRESSMAN?
IT ASSUMING ANY SENSE AT THE
>> HE WILL OTHER CITIZENS OF IOWA TALK TO MATT AT TOWN
HALL, BUT HE WILL LET EXXON MOBIL TALK TO HIM THROUGH
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT THEY CAN GIVEN DONATIONS.
HE'LL LET THE KOCH BROTHERS KEEP ON TALKING TO HIM OVER AND
OVER AGAIN WITH THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THEY CAN GIVE IN
DONATIONS.
FINALLY, IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS GOING ON
WITH THE KIDS IN THE BACKGROUND THERE?
WHY WERE THEY IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS RANDOM INTERVIEW WITH A CONGRESSMAN IN IOWA?
THAT IS BECAUSE HE BROUGHT THEM IN AND THE REPORTER WAS
LIKE WAIT, WHAT ARE THE KIDS DOING HERE?
AND HE WAS I GO SEE YOU THINK ALL REPUBLICANS ARE EVIL?
THE REPORTER IS LIKE, WHAT?
WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT?
I JUST ASKED WHAT THE KIDS HAVE TO DO THE INTERVIEW.
>> AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL FROM YOUR DISTRICT.
>> HE WAS JUST TRYING TO DO PROPAGANDA.
WHAT I AM A
TINY BIT WORRIED ABOUT IS KERG TV NINE HERE, HE'S THEIR
CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T PANIC.
DON'T VIEW THIS IS A BAD THING.
OH MY GOD, YOU LOST ACCESS TO A POLITICIAN.
YOUR REPORTER HERE DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
GREAT QUESTION.
HIS DOING PROPAGANDA WITH THE KIDS
AND THEN WALKING OUT IS HIS PROBLEM, NOT YOURS.
IT
IS A WONDERFUL PIECE OF JOURNALISM.
YOU SHOULD REWARD THAT, NOT PUNISH IT.
>> THE INTERVIEW IS WHY YOU HAD ACCESS IN THE FIRST PLACE
TO DO EXACTLY THAT.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID?
YOU ILLUMINATED YOUR VIEWERS AND NOW
I THINK THEY HAVE A MUCH BETTER SENSE OF WHO REPRESENTATIVE
ROD BLUM IS.
HE IS A GUY THAT IF YOU ASK HIM ABOUT HIS DONORS THAT
FINANCES CAMPAIGNS HE GETS AWFULLY TOUCHY BECAUSE
THOSE OF THE GUYS HE ACTUALLY WORKS FOR.

Congressman Flees Interview After One Simple Question

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