McGuire hosts another telephone town hall, with little notice

With little notice, U.S. Rep. John McGuire hosted his third telephone town hall this past Tuesday — despite repeated requests from both sides of the aisle for an in-person meeting with the Republican who has represented Virginia’s 5th District since January.

Adding salt to that wound, McGuire told those on the call he has been traveling the district and meeting with constituents during Congress’ August recess. McGuire even told one person on the call he had been to Charlottesville — a city that once held a mock town hall with a cardboard cutout of the congressman because he would not attend — “a million times.”

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McGuire told those on the call Tuesday he wants to hear from all of his constituents, even if they differ with him politically.

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