With only a few days left until members of Congress return home for a weeklong recess in their districts, many California representatives are being pressured by groups opposing President Donald Trump to hold town hall meetings with their constituents.
But despite the mounting agitation, dozens of California Congress members have neither held nor scheduled any kind of town hall since their election in November.
That avoidance is understandable, given the recent reception House members have gotten at town hall events. Rep. Jason Chaffetz drew a crowd in his Utah district last week that resembled Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater.
Earlier this month, California Republican Tom McClintock was forced to take a Cersei Lannister-esque walk of shame out of his town hall in Roseville.