KS Congressman accuses town hall attendees of being UnAmerican. Attendees respond. [View all]

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Kansas Congressman Roger Marshall took to American Family Radio on May 12, 2017, to explain that most of the problems in his town halls were caused by people who were “paid protestors” and were UnAmerican. 

Marhall’s assessment boiled down to this quote:  “We still salute the flag. We still pray when we get the chance. We pray before ball games. And Wamego was the exception.”

The implication that Wamego residents are in some ways bad people didn’t sit well with attendees.

"Roger Marshall just slandered me in the press. He did the same to almost everyone in attendance at his recent town hall meeting in Wamego. Speaking to American Family Radio on May 12, Marshall accused us of not being from his district and said we were paid to be at the event.

I wasn’t paid to attend. I’m a poor graduate student that sacrificed time out of my own work and spent several days researching my question because I thought talking to my representative would be helpful. But when I asked it, he rolled his eyes at me and then made false accusations about me to the media. I knew most of the people in the room – they were not paid and they have been living in his district for years, as I have."

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