By Eric Stock
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, said he plans to hold a tele-town hall in the coming weeks to address the concerns of some of his constituents, which he said is a better way to foster dialogue than the kind of protests which Illinois People’s Action staged outside his office on Tuesday.
PODCAST: Listen to Scott and Patti’s interview with Davis on WJBC.
“Opportunities to get many more people in our district together to talk about our issues, that’s how we solve problems,” Davis said, referring to the group as professional protesters. “Not by protesting, not by leaving vulgar notes that offend me as a parent on my office window after standing and screaming.”
Protesters left notes outside the Republicans’ office in Normal to call on him to resist President Trump’s agenda.
Davis told WJBC’s Scott Laughlin and Patti Penn he’s not afraid to go against the Republican Party, as he did when he called for making modifications to Obamacare rather than repealing it.
“I took heat from my own party for that,” Davis noted. “Equating a moral equivalence between the United States and Russia I think is dead wrong on the president’s part and I’d be happy to let him know that the first chance I get to meet him.”
Davis is referring to a recent interview in which President Trump suggested the U.S. is morally on par with Russia.
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