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Republican lawmakers across the country who chose to hold town meetings instead of avoid them with met with similar passion. subjects were ride ranging. here's congressman steve womack of arkansas at the end of a rambling answer in a question to investigating russian interference in the election. >> you guys just want to investigate everybody. [ audience reacts ] >> how about benghazi? >> you guys spent a lot of mey on benghazi. waste a little on trump. >> joining me now, the "washington post" political correspondent covering town halls across the country. you've been to multiple town halls in...

But this kind of deny, deny, deny and when we can't deny anymore we'll kind of shift a little bit more, obfuscate some more and somebody has to get fired. it doesn't make sense. and that -- when you have reports of other contacts, when you have this russian hacking that's been going on and a campaign that was more than just cyber hacks where you've got information being put out, going out through wikileaks into the u.s., where you had other activities and that just raises a ton of suspicion. >> i wonder if there's a way for the trump folks to have some sort of definitive way of talking about t...

>> reporter: switching the subject and berating the reporter for asking the question. >> quiet, quiet, quiet. see, he lied about -- he was going to get up and ask a very straight, simple question. so, you know, welcome to the world of the media. >> reporter: rather than issuing a swift condemnation of the threat -- >> well, we are concerned about it and what we haven't really heard being addressed is an uptick in anti-semitism. >> reporter: trump referenced his own views. >> i am the least anti-semitic person that you've ever seen in your entire life. >> reporter: this was on issue that dogged...

As a republican. quiet, quiet, quiet. see, he lied about getting up to ask a very straight, simple question. so welcome to the world of the media. >> responding to the threats against the jewish committee, sean spicer leased a same last night saying, hatred and hate-motivated violence of any kind have no place in a country founded on the promise of individual freedom. the president has made it abundantly clear that these actions are unacceptable. but the ceo of the anti-defamation league wants more calling on the president to, quote, show more leadership, acknowledge and announce steps to addr...

♪ only at&t offers you all your live channels and dvr on your devices. data-free. entertainment. your way. only from at&t. welcome back. during a news conference this week at the white house, president trump had a testy exchange with a jewish reporter who questioned the president over the rise of antisemitic attacks. >> there are people who are committing acts or threatening to. >> i am the least antisemitic person that you've ever seen in your entire life. number two, racism. the least racist person. in fact, we did very well relative to other people running as a republican. quiet, quiet,...