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Republican Iowa congresswoman booed at town hall over Trump policies

Ashley Hinson at a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on 14 May 2025.
Ashley Hinson at a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on 14 May 2025. Photograph: Ken Cedeno/Reuters

Constituents booed Republican congresswoman Ashley Hinson at a town hall in her Iowa district Wednesday when she praised Donald Trump’s tax-and-spending plan and spoke approvingly of the “department of government efficiency’s” (Doge) efforts to downsize the federal government.

It was the latest instance of a Republican lawmaker being taken to task at a public event over their support for Trump’s policies, and came days after Hinson had voted for the the One Big Beautiful bill when it passed the House of Representatives. The wide-ranging bill will extend tax cuts enacted during Trump’s first term, create new deductions for tips, overtime and car loan interest and fund mass deportations, while slashing federal social safety net programs.

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