MARIPOSA — California Rep. Tom McClintock showed up Tuesday and faced his constituents at a town hall meeting — something many of his fellow Republicans have declined to do during this week's congressional break. About 900 people filled the Mariposa Fairgrounds and Exposition Center to toss pointed questions at the five-term congressman. Such a large crowd was a sign of how the resistance to President Trump has crept into the California's Republican hinterlands — even to Mariposa, population 2,173. McClintock, first elected to Congress in 2008, has done more than 100 town halls, and his Mariposa stops typically draw 60 to 80 people. On Tuesday, every metal chair was taken 45 minutes before the event started. While a few wore "Make America Great Again" caps, the majority didn't appear to be supporters of the president. Many of them carried signs that read, "Answer the question!," "Dump Tom McTrump!," "Lies!," and perhaps most telling, "Not usually a protester … but geez." "I've never been to anything like this but I'm frightened," said Penny Otwell, a painter who lives in Mariposa and held that sign. "But we have gone over the edge." McClintock, of Elk Grove (Sacramento County), isn't alone in facing… Read full this story
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