Republicans avoid town halls after health care votes

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) (R) speaks as Rep. Jon Runyan (R-NJ) (L) listens during a hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee April 14, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Republican U.S. Rep.

"He needs to go", Coffman said of Spicer.

Frustrated constituents across the country have used town hall meetings to express their anger at a variety of issues, with health care reform near the top of the list. She told Coffman her grandparents died at Auschwitz and that she was alarmed over the "anti-semitic people" in Trump's cabinet. But it's not only liberals that have something to say to GOP congressional members. The audience's cheers briefly turned to boos when Coffman attempted to elaborate on Spicer's Hitler comments.

Coffman won his district handily in the 2016 election, even as it swung decisively for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and demographic shifts have it trending increasingly blue. It was online, but it was so important to me that nothing come between me and meeting with the public.

"No, because I knew I was telling the truth", Wilson said.

For most of the evening, Coffman appeared to take the frequent "booing" in good humor. Noting two pieces of legislation he supported which would peer-review all work from the EPA, Coffman said the country has made extraordinary gains in reducing carbon emissions, but the USA could do more. Smart people "recognize that there is no area more potentially dishonest than the sexual arena", he wrote, then dished out some advice for the women: "Girls, some guys will tell you anything to get that sex thing going".

Many of those who attended said they're upset with Trump and they don't think Coffman is standing up to him like he promised he would during his campaign.

In the past, Coffman has opted for one-on-one conversations instead of town hall-style meetings, though he faced hostile hordes at a January town hall in which he left out the back door of a library.

Rep. Mike Coffman, Colorado Republican, on Friday said the United States' use of the "mother of all bombs" to attack an Islamic State terrorist group site in Afghanistan this week sends a message to USA adversaries around the world.

Numerous three-dozen or so people who asked questions pressed Coffman on his support for the American Health Care Act, the Paul Ryan-backed plan to repeal and replace Obamacare that was pulled before it could face a perhaps-embarrassing failed vote in the full House.

They have at times offered up restrained criticism of Trump, like saying he should release his tax returns.

Coffman vowed to protect coverage for those with pre-existing conditions and committed to changes in the current Medicaid formula.

And in-person, Dohl said, "we're telling people that if they're in a situation where a member of Congress is reading questions from cards, they should feel empowered to stand up in the crowd and say, "that one was mine" - to say it out loud, to ask follow-up questions, and if the member of Congress is going on and on, to demand a yes or no". "It's not fair to the people that rely on this".

He said he supported the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and said the federal government "should focus on research for the next generation".

Another resident, Rebecca Kim, said she recently went with her father to an eye appointment at the local VA Hospital and was "appalled" by the condition of the facility.