The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/tom-reed/page/2/)
Tom Reed is among the top one percent in Congress for holding town hall meetings, having held 68 meetings since the beginning of his term in 2015, according to The Hill, which noted that Republicans have surpassed Democrats in holding town hall meetings.
Last Wednesday, two Indian software engineers, Srinivas Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani, were shot at a bar in Olathe, Kan. Kuchibhotla was killed, while Madasani and Ian Grillot, a bar patron who attempted to confront the shooter, were both injured. According to witnesses, the alleged shooter, 51-year old Navy veteran Adam Purinton, had belligerently asked about the two engineers’ immigration statuses, told them to “get out of my country” and used racial slurs before being asked to leave the bar. He complied, but returned shortly thereafter with a firearm. Both Kuchibhotla and Madasani were here legally on H-1B visas, according to the Washington Post.
“There is a growing frustration with Rep. Reed’s seeming avoidance of Tompkins County,” said Nicholas Aflitto grad. “So concerned constituents are taking their questions to him, even though these meetings are two plus hours away.”
“We will let it be known that the 23rd seat is not safe for Republicans,” she said. “There is a lot of momentum right now to make a change, and we need to organize and channel that momentum.”
The campaign currently has 13 vice chairs — including Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani and Dr. Ben Carson — according to Politico.
In a departure from their occasionally vitriolic campaign rhetoric, both candidates accepted their respective outcomes with grace.
“I have an Ithaca shotgun, actually,” Plumb said. “It’s a beautiful piece of machinery. And that might not make sense to someone who doesn’t have guns.”
“It is totally disingenuous for Congressman Tom Reed to claim his priority is the safety of American citizens when he stands so firm in his belief that suspected terrorists should be able to legally buy guns in the United States,” Plumb said.
Such hard-line requirements limits the conversation to increasing financial aid, confining the innovative approaches that colleges could take to combat rising high tuition costs.
“It is an issue that doesn’t know left or right,” said Congressman Reed. “It is an issue that impacts kids, and that is something that should bring us together strongly.”