Florida Rep. holds town hall on Passover, constituents protest with dinner

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — More than a dozen people held their Passover seder dinner at a pair of picnic tables – in line to attend a town hall hosted by North Florida Representative Ted Yoho.

Close to 500 people showed up at Yoho's event, according to The Independent Florida Alligator. But a group of constituents expressed resentment toward the Congressman for holding his town hall on a Jewish holiday.

Some 15 people huddled around two picnic tables to hold a traditional seder dinner. The paper reports about 50 people watched on.

Many complained that the meeting should have been scheduled to avoid conflict with the Jewish holiday.

“To me, it means that either he didn't want Jewish people at this town hall,” Attendee Pam Smith said, “but more likely, he didn't know that it was Passover.”

The majority of people at the town hall reportedly disagreed with Representative Yoho on most issues. The discussion topics ranged from health care and climate change, to President Trump’s tax returns and the missile barrage in Syria.

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