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Republican leadership tells party to stop holding public events – what impact will that have?

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Republican House speaker Mike Johnson and Republican fundraising chief Richard Hudson have told Republicans to stop holding town hall events.

The edict came after several Republican town halls were interrupted in recent weeks .

Experts say it could deprive Americans of opportunities to interact with their elected officials, and prevent people from letting their representatives know they are not happy with the increasingly divisive direction of the Trump administration.

A poll in 2013 found that Congress was less popular than hemorrhoids, cockroaches and toenail fungus.

That could become worse if politicians are seen as out of touch with their constituents.

Some local Democratic parties have encouraged members to attend town halls and air concerns.