IT IS noon on a Wednesday so around 40 of Keith Rothfus’s constituents have gathered, as they do every week, outside the Republican congressman’s office in a northern suburb of Pittsburgh. Despite a light drizzle, they are in high spirits. Many wave stars-and-stripes flags or brandish placards daubed with slogans protesting against Donald Trump and Mr Rothfus, including especially the congressman’s weak-kneed refusal to meet them at a public event. “Investigate Russiagate!” reads one, “Real News, Fake President!” another. “Uncle Sam wants health care for all!” reads Carolyn Gibbs’s placard. A statistical analyst, who works for a commodities trader, the 55-year-old is wearing the Uncle Sam costume her teenage daughter bought for Halloween. “It’s important to me that our protest is joyful and expresses our patriotism,” she says.
Like many attendees at the weekly “Where’s Rothfus? Wednesday” protest, which was launched in February by a group of local women who...Continue reading
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