As they back Trump’s dangerously unpopular agenda, new reporting shows Republicans nationwide are too afraid to meet their biggest critics – their own constituents. At GOP town halls last week, House Republicans were met with boos as hardworking Americans suffer the impacts of Trump’s disastrous first weeks as president and continue to struggle with costs. Instead of making life easier or cheaper for Americans, Trump and House Republicans are threatening vital programs and trying to rip away working families’ health care in order to give massive tax breaks to billionaires. 

If Republicans had a spine, they would stand up against Trump’s disastrous agenda and put their constituents first. Instead, after hearing Americans’ fury last week, Republicans intend to silence the people who sent them to Washington as they bend the knee to Donald Trump and Elon Musk.  

Here are some of the Republicans too afraid to hold a town hall in their district:

• Rep. Gabe Evans (CO-08)
• Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (PA-07)
• Rep. Rob Bresnahan (PA-08)
• Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01)
• Rep. Zach Nunn (IA-03)
• Rep. Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06)

NBC News: House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump’s cuts

By Melanie Zanona, Jonathan Allen and Matt Dixon

• House Republicans are becoming weary and wary of in-person town hall meetings after a number of lawmakers have faced hometown crowds angry about the Trump administration’s push to slash government programs and staffing.

• A GOP aide said House Republican leaders are urging lawmakers to stop engaging in them altogether.

• The town halls, and the rash of negative headlines, have been the first bit of public blowback for members who face voters next year. And the new reluctance to hold them indicates there are bubbling concerns about the impact the cuts could have on the GOP’s chances of holding its thin majority in the House next year.

• A Republican lawmaker who spoke to NBC News on the condition of anonymity to avoid publicly divulging internal party strategy, said that the RNC has been helpful in making suggestions about how House Republicans can handle the situation but that it stopped short of trying to impose an impossible-to-enforce moratorium.
  
• Lawmakers are spooked enough about the prospects of heated exchanges that most of them do not want to do town halls anyway, this Republican said.