He raises an interesting point about security ....How much security do legislators usually have?
Was it uncommon for Giffords to do what she did?
Giffords is my non-representing Representative. I’m sorry she was shot but I refuse to put her on a pedestal because of it.
She took some horrible verbal shellackings at theater-setting normal town hall meetings. She did a couple of no-shows (at large venues) and then started these “town hall on the corner” meet and greets, like she was doing the day she was shot. She’d have the people line up and talk to them one at a time.
The one “on the corner” I attended (also at a Safeway in another town) had a line out the door. She said she’d be there for 2 hours. The line was stuffed with SEIU pukes and a few “normal” constituents. She spent a lot of time with the SEIU people, and not a lot of time with those not wearing the SEIU t-shirt. I found her to be rude and untruthful. She told me she was a blue dog democrat and a fiscal conservative. I reminded her that she voted for the stimulus bill. She snapped at me, “We are talking about health care!” and effectively dismissed me, even though there was no announced agenda.
She was accompanied by about 6 or 8 assistants. I didn’t see any obvious security beyond a couple of local police outside the store eying everyone in the line.
How much security do legislators usually have?