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Mark Pocan: “Republican members can't actually make it into the arenas.”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Rep. Mark Pocan 'people are pissed' that Republicans are fleeing town halls.

Published | Video Starts at 00:46

You've got George Soros funded groups. They're very well organized, they fill all the seats. And so the actual constituents of these. Republican members can't actually make it into the arenas. Yeah. President Trump has also joined that chorus, baselessly claiming on his knockoff social media site that demonstrators are paid troublemakers. Of course, there has been no evidence to support this claim as of yet. (00:46–00:50)

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Asserts that Republican members are unable to attend town halls due to organized protesters.

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