Article 70C36 A Trump ally in California is fighting redistricting. Is that what his constituents want?

A Trump ally in California is fighting redistricting. Is that what his constituents want?

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Dani Anguiano in Chico
from US news | The Guardian on (#70C36)

Representative Doug LaMalfa made headlines in August after being booed and shouted down at a local town hall

Inside a packed banquet hall in northern California in early August, tensions were flaring. As the representative Doug LaMalfa spoke to constituents in his district, he faced immediate pushback from frustrated audience members who shouted the Republican down.

It was the first public town hall LaMalfa had held in Chico, the largest city in his district, in eight years. The booing and shouts grew louder still as the Republican representative, a loyal supporter of Donald Trump, talked about waste and fraud" in government programs, and the uproar continued for more than an hour as people expressed fear and anger over immigration raids, tariffs, cuts to Medicaid and Medicare and the impacts on rural hospitals. Some called for his resignation, while one attendee yelled: No fascism in America." The rowdy scene made headlines across the US.

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