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08-09-2009, 07:24 AM
Hundreds of people crowded into the BRIDGES building in Downtown Memphis on Saturday for a congressional town hall meeting that quickly deviated into a raucous shouting free-for-all, requiring extra law enforcement officers to watch over the scene.
The meeting, hosted by U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, was scheduled to address constituents' concerns about Social Security and veterans' benefits, but the real topic of the day was health care reform legislation being crafted by Congress.
And as one heckler yelled, another shouted back, "Shut up! I want to hear my congressman. You shut your mouth!"
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/aug/08/hundreds-pack-boisterous-town-hall-meeting/
The meeting, hosted by U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, was scheduled to address constituents' concerns about Social Security and veterans' benefits, but the real topic of the day was health care reform legislation being crafted by Congress.
And as one heckler yelled, another shouted back, "Shut up! I want to hear my congressman. You shut your mouth!"
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/aug/08/hundreds-pack-boisterous-town-hall-meeting/