Both of his opponents had already released platforms. Ramaswamy ran attack ads instead — until cleveland.com refused to stop asking. He has never held elected office.
Ten years without facing constituents in a room. Nearly three times the median rate of missed roll call votes. Declined an interview. And a district so red he doesn't have to answer any of it.
More than 100 people protested outside his Lakeland office in March 2025. Franklin's answer to in-person town halls is a phone call his office runs — and the Ledger found his office doesn't post recordings of them.
Caroline Stevenson organized the first protest in February 2025. Fifty-two consecutive weeks later, French Hill has never held the in-person town hall they're asking for. He does his by telephone.
Congress was in recess and the congressman wasn't at his Warner Robins office. So constituents put a blue blazer on a folding chair and asked it about Medicaid, Robins Air Force Base, and pecan tariffs. Nobody from Scott's office came outside.
Betty Redd-Mendez cares for her brother, son and father in Wasilla. She spent weeks arranging coverage so she could go ask her senator about the Medicaid cuts he voted for. He wouldn't come out of his office.
On a telephone town hall, an elderly constituent asked how Congress can fund a war while Social Security's trust fund runs dry. Mackenzie gave a non-answer. Less than a day later he voted against pulling U.S. forces out of Iran — his fifth such vote.
A TMZ reporter asked Nebraska's senator about Mitch McConnell's seven-week absence from the Senate. Ricketts told him to pray, then signaled Capitol Police to remove him and a colleague from a public hallway. A day later he apologized.
Constituents have protested every Monday for over a year asking Meuser to hold an open town hall. He calls them 'the same 40 people' and says showing up wouldn't be productive.