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'Hide behind a telephone': GOP officials FREAK OUT over backlash to Trump, cancel in-person events
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7:30Now PlayingRepublican members of Congress are holding fewer in-person town halls as voters express anger over the Trump agenda. Alicia Menendez is joined by Kurt Andersen and Tim Miller.
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