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Free speech is a right, having town halls isn't. You confused the one with the other.


Not at all. My point has been clear. While there is nothing that forces a member of congress to hold a town hall meeting, once the decision has been made to hold such meetings, it is violative of free speech to start deciding who can or can't speak at them (or attend them) based on the views of the speaker.

The Democrats were all in favor of these meetings when they thought they would be orchestrated events with planted friendly questions. But as soon as people started showing up who were angry about the administration's proposals, we start hearing about how there shouldn't be such meetings and that the Democrats should "ram through" these unpopular proposals.