BREAKING: Frelinghuysen Agrees to Hold Town Hall

No, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. At a local festival this past weekend, Representative Frelinghuysen ran into something he normally desperately avoids—his constituents. And while Frelinghuysen has done everything in his power to dodge town halls, the following exchange demonstrates that even the most entrenched and stubborn incumbents are accountable to voters:

KULLMANN: This is people, not only rich people, this is people, these are lives.

FRELINGHUYSEN: I’ve been coming here for 40 years, I’m aware of how important this community is—

KULLMANN: It’s not only for rich people.

FRELINGHUYSEN: [??]

KULLMANN: And we’d love for you to come to White Meadow Lake and do a town hall.

FRELINGHUYSEN: Yep, I’d be happy to.

KULLMANN: Here to speak with you as constituents—

FRELINGHUYSEN: Good, good.

KULLMANN: It’d really be a fabulous thing.

FRELINGHUYSEN: I know you have some preconceived notions but I’m a pretty reasonable person.

KULLMANN: Right, and we’d love to talk to you. Love to sit down and talk to you and tell you about how we’re feeling about what’s happening in Washington.

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“It is truly inspiring to see Representative Frelinghuysen’s change of heart on holding in-person town halls,” said DCCC Spokesman Evan Lukaske. “Now that Frelinghuysen has said he’d ‘be happy to’ hold an in-person town hall, we—along with his constituents—are eagerly awaiting his announcement of the time, date and location. Should he back out, his constituents won’t forget it on Election Day.”