Not one to shy away from controversy, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is holding three indoor town halls with little apparent regard for COVID-19 safety precautions.
This morning, Greene tweeted a photo from her first town hall, held last evening, showing her huddled in conversation with a small group of women holding but not wearing masks. She will hold another town hall later today and one tomorrow. Registration for the events is now "closed due to COVID-19 capacity limitations," according to her website, which does not mention mask use or other now-common precautions.
Georgia's Department of Public Health data shows that Floyd, Whitfield and Paulding counties, where Greene is holding the events, all have among the state's worst rates of COVID-19 deaths relative to their total population sizes.
The vast majority of members have shied away from in-person town halls since the start of the pandemic, holding just as many events as usual but opting for virtual formats instead. So far, two other members have held in-person town halls in the new session of Congress: Rep. Cindy Axne (D-Iowa) will host an event later today that requires masks and a temperature check, while freshman Rep. Marie Newman (D-Ill.) met with masked constituents at two outdoor events earlier this month.
