On September 23, 2025, Goldman asked Fort Worth business leaders to contact his office more — 'So challenge us.' About two dozen constituents stood outside the same building because they'd tried repeatedly and gotten no response. At the event he said it wasn't clear to him what the demonstration was aimed at.
Jack vetted 400+ federal candidates for AIPAC, deciding who the group should bankroll. Then he was Trump's White House political director. Now, in his first term, he flies the country interviewing House candidates and reports back to Trump on who deserves the endorsement — while his own primary was cleared with $2.2 million in outside money.
His last in-person district event was in 2015. When 300 people packed a Bowling Green church to talk to him in April 2025, he sent word that he 'will not provide a platform for orchestrated disruptions to create media spectacles.' They brought a cardboard cutout instead.
Speaker Mike Johnson flew to Alaska to campaign for Nick Begich. The flyer said don't share the address, bring photo ID, and no media. It was called a grassroots rally. Dozens of Alaskans stood outside with signs.
A constituent asked about $20,000 that a convicted felon's campaign fund gave Rogers's wife. Rogers offered to step outside. At the same meeting he called the idea that he needs town halls 'laughable.' He hasn't held one since.
He promised on Facebook and X to post the call-in information before the event. He didn't. Then his office put out a press release celebrating that 12,000 people joined. WOSU reporters have tried to interview him 17 times, knocked on his door, and left a note at his office.
In April 2025 Hern joined a congressional tour of El Salvador's CECOT prison. Asked about it, his office said only that it could not confirm his location. Days later he went on Newsmax and said of the men held there: 'These folks will never see the light of day.'
At a June 2026 courthouse event, his chief of staff told reporters the congressman would only take questions about one grant — then Reschenthaler went behind closed doors. It fits a seven-year pattern: no in-person town halls, about 40 refused TV interview requests, and a tweet about defending the free press.
Constituents left him an empty chair in Corning in 2025. In February 2026 the community station in Jamestown published a piece saying his office repeatedly failed to notify them of press events in their own county. The man who stood up at that empty-seat town hall is now his opponent.