A crowd of more than 1,000 people in Utah's Democratic stronghold booed Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart at a Friday night town hall as the congressman defended GOP positions on health care, public lands and immigration. The event marked the first town hall by a member of the state's all-Republican congressional delegation since Rep. Jason Chaffetz was shouted down by a cacophony of boos at a February town hall. Before Stewart's event started Friday night, Democratic state Sen. Jim Dabakis of Salt Lake City said he wanted to ensure attendees were also "paid," and he handed out Russian rubles to dozens of people waiting in line to enter. It's the state's largest congressional seat, covering Salt Lake City, some of its northern suburbs and a vast chunk of the state's eastern and southern rural areas. Friday night's event was his 51st town hall, including five telephone town halls, according to his office.

Source: Fox News April 01, 2017 03:11 UTC