Several minutes in, @chiproytx town hall in San Antonio erupts when he brings up Omar and Tlaib Israel trip controversy. “Two options: Be respectful or leave,” Roy tells those shouting out. “I’m not going to allow you to take over this event.” #TX21
Twenty minutes in, Roy still getting interruptions, and some audience members sparring with one another, despite two efforts by pastor (his church is venue) to calm everyone down.
Amid continued outbursts from some audience members, and more efforts to calm them, Roy wraps up. He was on stage for about 34 minutes.
After mingling w/ some audience members offstage for several min., Roy takes the stage again. “There’s been a request by people who want to actually talk to start over” and give it another go, he says. “Let’s just lower the temperature in the room.” He begins taking submitted Qs.
In response to gun violence questions, Roy reiterates opposition to universal background checks (question was about vote against House bill earlier this year) and voices skepticism of red flag laws. “I have yet to see one ... that honors due process,” he says.
In lengthy (civil!) back & forth, Roy is challenged on why he doesn’t write a red flag law to his liking if he has due process concerns. He says he’s talked w/ law enforcement & reviewed different proposals & doesn’t currently see a path to such a law that “respects due process.”
“I have broken from the president and I have supported the president,” Roy says, pointing to Yemen, family separation subpoenas and spending bill as areas where he’s split with Trump.
The 2nd, do-over part of Roy’s town hall is over after ~45 min. Maybe 2/3 of original crowd was there for 2nd part, which went smoother. He ended by saying he’s “not gonna run away from my disagreements” w/ colleagues — aka Omar & Tlaib, subjects that initially derailed town hall
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