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Sen. Christopher Murphy & Rep. Maxwell Frost to hold town hall in Sarasota

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4 months ago

May 8, 2025

floridaphoenix.com – Mitch Perry – 2025-05-08 11:48:00

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix
May 8, 2025

As part of a campaign of Democrats holding events in Republican-held congressional districts, Connecticut U.S Sen. Christopher Murphy and Central Florida U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost will host a town-hall meeting on Saturday.

The venue is in Sarasota in Florida’s 17th Congressional District, held by Republican Greg Steube.

The two Democrats held a similar town hall in North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional District in a seat held by Republican Rep. Richard Hudson last month.

The Sarasota Democratic Party notes in a statement that Steube voted for a budget resolution earlier this year that could potentially make deep cuts to Medicaid, and that like many other congressional Republicans this year hasn’t been hosting town-hall meetings.

“If Steube won’t meet with his constituents to explain his vote, Murphy and Frost will,” the statement says.

The two Democrats filed legislation in February to establish a permanent office focused on gun violence prevention in the U.S. Department of Justice. The White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention was established in 2023 under legislation filed by both Murphy and Frost, but was dismantled by the Trump administration immediately after returning back to the White House in January.

Democrats have held several town-hall meetings in GOP-held congressional districts this year, including ones held by Republicans like Anna Paulina Luna and Neal Dunn.

One Republican who had no qualms about hosting a town-hall meeting this year has been Byron Donalds, now a candidate for governor in 2026.

Also on Friday afternoon in Tallahassee, Martin O’Malley, the former Maryland Democratic governor and and commissioner of the Social Security Administration under the Biden administration, will host a “Save Social Security” town-hall meeting at the Moon nightclub, along with DNC member Samantha Hope Herring.

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Note: The following A.I. based commentary is not part of the original article, reproduced above, but is offered in the hopes that it will promote greater media literacy and critical thinking, by making any potential bias more visible to the reader –Staff Editor.

Political Bias Rating: Center-Left

This content primarily focuses on Democratic politicians engaging actively in Republican-held districts through town-hall meetings, promoting Democratic policy priorities such as gun violence prevention and opposition to Medicaid cuts. The framing highlights Democratic efforts to increase transparency and engage with constituents where Republicans are less active, with a more critical tone toward Republican actions. While it both critiques Republican stances and highlights Democratic initiatives, it remains relatively factual and news-oriented rather than strongly opinionated, placing it in a center-left bias range.

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