Many Congressional members have given up on in-person town hall meetings with constituents, some for security reasons. Idaho Republican Russ Fulcher used the old-fashioned telephone to hold a town hall last night.

Fulcher addressed a variety of issues in his hour-long forum, from the need to lower the political rhetoric to whether he supports the release of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. He does.

But there were questions on other issues, such as whether money from tariffs imposed by the Trump administration is actually lowering the federal deficit. Fulcher says yes, but indirectly. He says the deficit is also decreasing because Congress voted to slow the annual increase in federal spending.

“That may not sound like it’s all that impressive and maybe it’s not. Ho

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