Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) held a town hall meeting to discuss health care with voters. (Thomas Johnson/The Washington Post)As news networks have scrambled to put cameras in congressional town hall meetings, a few of their attendees and speakers have earned short bursts of fame — or infamy. “There's a provision in there that anyone over the age of 74 has to go before what is effectively a death panel,” said Akins at a town hall led by Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), who represents a safe GOP seat on the state's Gulf Coast. After eight years of a Democratic presidency that enraged Republican activists, conspiracy thinking frequently went viral on conservative social media accounts. After voting for Mitt Romney over Obama in 2012 by 7 points, the county gave Trump a 21-point landslide victory.

Source: Washington Post February 11, 2017 22:26 UTC