Residents in heavily GOP Utah County pepper Rep. Ben McAdams at town hall with questions on abortion

Residents in heavily GOP Utah County pepper Rep. Ben McAdams at town hall with questions on abortion, impeachment, border wall


Lehi • Residents in heavily Republican Utah County fired tough questions Tuesday at freshman Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams about abortion, the border wall, impeaching President Donald Trump — and even whether McAdams is a socialist.

He answered directly and with a smile to an orderly crowd of about 70 at the Lehi City Hall. The event comes after he campaigned by attacking former Rep. Mia Love for dodging such town halls amid fears of violence at them — and vowed to hold them regularly.

Tuesday’s town hall was his second since taking office last month — but his first in heavily Republican Utah County. His 4th District includes areas west of Interstate 15 in that GOP stronghold, as well as parts of Salt Lake, Juab and Sanpete counties.

Out of the blocks, John Hansen — who was customs officer for 25 years — asked what McAdams thought about Trump’s border wall, and added he learned that technology by itself is not the answer and “sometimes it takes a wall.”

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