Hostile Town Hall For Congressman Who Helped Save GOP Health Care Bill
If the giant inflatable Trump chicken outside New Jersey Rep. Tom MacArthur's town hall didn't make it clear - or the group of people singing health care-themed protest songs; or the Affordable Care Act cemetery; or even the plane circling overhead trailing an anti-MacArthur message - an early moment in the Republican's constituent town hall provided a sign this was going to be a long, contentious night. That's when several people in the Willingboro, N.J., crowd started to boo and jeer when MacArthur talked about his daughter, Grace, who died at age 11. Their complaint: that MacArthur was somehow exploiting the story of his daughter's illness, as he leads the Republican push to repeal key aspects of the Affordable Care Act.