Marsha Blackburn: “yesterday evening I had the opportunity to invite 100,000 of our fellow Tennesseans to join me in a telephone townhall.…”

“yesterday evening I had the opportunity to invite 100,000 of our fellow Tennesseans to join me in a telephone townhall. We have found this is something Tennesseans like. Instead of having to drive to a location, they are able to just pick up the phone, and as they are doing homework with children or preparing dinner, they are able to jump on the phone and talk about issues that are important to them. We covered a wide range of topics yesterday evening. We talked about nuclear power and gun rights and healthcare for our veterans. We even talked a little bit about an invasive fish species, Asian carp, and how that is affecting our beautiful rivers. There was one thing that continued to come out through the course of this telephone townhall, and I bet you can guess what the topic was that people continued to talk about. Now, bear in mind that Tennesseans are, by and large, very dismissive of what I call the DC shining object story of the day. Tennesseans are much more interested in the story of their lives, but yesterday's news--that breathless race to make news--really had Tennesseans talking. Yesterday, House Democrats, supported by their friends in the Senate, gathered to announce their intention to begin formal impeachment inquiries against President Donald Trump. As you can imagine, this struck a chord with my fellow Tennesseans.…”