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[ booing ] >> reporter: and its moments like these that are making soms lawmakers reconsider holding town halls at all. peter king said on friday that he wont hold town hall ifs theyll just devolve into a, quote, screaming session, saying that angry town halls trivialize and diminish democracy. but its not just republicans who are backing off these traditional meetings with constituents. some democrats, particularly those in states that went for trump in 2016, in vulnerable positions and up for ...

>> another weekend and another round of avery angry town halls, some u.s. voters have not been shy about making their voices heard. >> they have not. they want to meet with their elected representatives to get answers. here is sarah gannon. >> reporter: as we have seen, there has been angry at town halls. on saturday, republican congressman, gary palmer, was booed following a question on climate change. >> why are you doing this? >> reporter: moments like those that are making some lawmakers rec...

Climate change. >> why are you not doing something? >> because the science is not settled on if. >> reporter: moments like those are making some lawmakers reconsider holding town halls at all. peter king said on friday that he wont hold town halls if they are just going to evolve into a, quote, screaming session, saying that angry town halls trivialize it. some democrats particularly in states that went for trump in 2016 in vulnerable positions and up for re-election in 2018, are also shying awa...