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Harris Tells Reporters Protesters are "Astroturf"

Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., speaks during a Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee hearing about the COVID-19 response on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 4, 2020. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)
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Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., speaks during a Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee hearing about the COVID-19 response on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 4, 2020. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

Congressional Rep. Andy Harris talks with press about Town Halls, charges that demonstrators at his appearances are "astro-turf," not grass-roots protestors, who are being paid and bussed. He also recounted his "somewhat hopeful" conversation in MarLago Wednesday about HB2 Visas, said he is not hearing concerns from Eastern Shore farmers, that family setbacks are to be expected as with private industry layoffs as the federal workforce is being downsized, and that to end the war in Ukraine "you must mediate, you can not poke the bear."