New Yorkers Boo and Jeer GOP’s Lawler at Circus-Like Town Hall

Boos, shouts and insults dominated New York Representative Mike Lawler’s rowdy town hall on Sunday as the GOP lawmaker’s constituents seethed over President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.

“Folks, if you want me to answer the questions, let the question be asked, then listen to the answer,” Lawler pleaded as some of the 700 people who were packed into a West Nyack high school ridiculed him for describing himself as a moderate.

Meetings with constituents have emerged as flashpoints for grass-roots anger over Trump’s controversial policies, including his trade war and mass federal firings promoted by Elon Musk ...