Blue Doggett Democrat

The Austin Statesman reports on the town hall meeting of Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett at a grocery store over the weekend in Austin, Texas:

Back in Central Texas while Congress is on a month-long recess, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett faced an angry audience at a town hall meeting at an Austin Randalls grocery store Saturday.
Doggett, D-Austin, spoke at the store at Brodie and Slaughter lanes. A video of the event on YouTube shows that many in the crowd had signs denouncing President Barack Obama’s proposed health care plan.
Witnesses said that when Doggett was asked whether he would support the plan even if he found that his constituents opposed it, Doggett said he would. People then began chanting “just say no” and overwhelmed the congressman as he moved through the crowd and into the parking lot.
“The folks there thought their voices weren’t being heard,” said Kathy Acosta, a Bastrop resident who attended the meeting at Randalls and another one later that day in her hometown. “They were angry, but they were respectful. There wasn’t any violence.”
Calls and e-mails to Doggett’s office were not returned Sunday.

Is something happening here? Video of the confrontation is posted here. Doggett is one of the 60 far-left Democratic signatories of the letter to Nancy Pelosi condemning compromises on the health care plan working its way through the House.
Via Owen Roberts.

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