Overview
- At an hourlong town hall in Keosauqua on Monday, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks faced repeated heckling and boos, and some attendees who disrupted the event were escorted out by law enforcement and her security detail.
- Farmers challenged her support for President Donald Trump’s tariffs, which she described as a negotiating tool, drawing pushback from constituents who said the policies were hurting their families.
- She defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement as carrying out deportations of criminal immigrants, a stance that prompted loud boos from the crowd.
- Outside the venue, relatives and supporters urged her to help stop the deportation of local worker Daniel Angel Meléndez, and his wife said a staffer met with her privately to discuss the case.
- The showdown came during a weeks-long federal shutdown and followed months in which the congresswoman favored telephone and radio forums over in-person events.