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U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speaks during a town hall meeting at the Hancock County Courthouse February 21, 2017 in Garner, Iowa.

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Congress is in recess and members are in their districts hosting town halls this week. For many Republicans, thats meant contentious meetings complete with constituent outrage over the GOPs permissiveness with President Donald Trump and anger over potentially having their health care pulled out from under them. There have also been a number of sick burns along the way. The reception has been severe enough that some lawmakers have pulled out of town hall events. Heres a glimpse into of whats going on at some of the meetings around the country this week.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky:

Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley in Iowa Falls:

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst ducked out of a veterans town hall in Maquoketa, Iowa.

Republican Rep. Dave Brat of Virginia:

Arkansas Republican Congressman Steve Womack:

Many Republicans saw what was happening and bailed:

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Republicans Are Facing Their Constituents in Town Halls This Week and the People Are Angry - Slate Magazine (blog)

Vladimir Putin is on a bit of a hot streak among Republicans of late.

In new Gallup polling, more than 3 in 10 Republicans have a favorable view of Putin almost three times the percentage who said the same in 2015. Twice as many independents have a favorable opinion of Putin as did two years ago. Those numbers have helped bump Putin's overall approval numbers to their highest mark in five years.

What's interesting in those numbers is that Putin's unfavorable rating 72 percent has stayed the same over the past two years. What that tells us is that a chunk of people who didn't know enough about Putin to offer an opinion in 2015 do now and, broadly speaking, feel positively about him.

That movement is likely attributable to Trump's praise for Putin on the campaign trail and oft-stated desire to have a better relationship with Russia than the two countries enjoyed during the Obama years. In recent years, we've seen opinions on most every issue begin to track more and more with partisanship. Republicans like Trump, so they like who Trump likes. Period.

These numbers will provide more fodder for Democrats who have sought to use Trump's unwillingness to condemn Putin as evidence of the too-close ties between the Kremlin and America's new president. He's even making a dictator popular with Republicans, Democrats will argue.

For Republican elected officials not named Trump, most of whom are far less favorably inclined toward Putin, these Gallup numbers will give them some pause. Bashing Russia and Putin once a sure-fire political winner with their political base may not be such a slam dunk anymore.

It's one of the many ways big and small that President Trump is changing both his party and politics in this country more generally.

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MSNBC morning show host Joe Scarborough told Late Show host Stephen Colbert hes having trouble transitioning from calling POTUS Donald to Mr. President.

Ill be really honest with you; the way hes acted over the past month has made it even harder to call him Mr President, Scarborough said, noting, disapprovingly, that Trump has questioned judicial review and the legitimacy of a federal judge.

Republicans in the Senate, in particular, need to stand up and say this is not right.

The Republican Party needs to know there is going to be a time after Donald Trump, and theyre going to be judged for the next 50 years on how they respond to the challenges today, Scarborough explained.

I wish I shared your optimism that there will be a time after Donald Trump, Colbert snarked back, wondering if Scarborough thought the fever pitch of Trumps first month is a sustainable atmosphere for four years.

Republicans and Democrats alike all agree this pace cant be sustained, Scarborough acknowledged. I dont think it will last four years.

I think weve already died a million deaths the first month, he added.

Republicans are telling him theyre very worried about how erratic [Trump has] been, the cable news host said. Of course theyd like to pass tax cuts, like to pass regulatory reform. Theyd like to have their own health care reform plan out there, but theyre concerned.

The gravity of the situation hit Scarborough, he said, this past weekend when Trump called the press the enemy of the American people. In response, Sen. Ben Sasse, a Republican from Nebraska who has spoken out against Trump, tweeting the text of the First Amendment.

I was excited and I retweeted it, Scarborough said. In 2017 it seems a subversive act to simply tweet the words of the First Amendment. That tells you where we are right now.

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They have to be given their due; Republicans have a way with words. Self-aggrandizing, press-threatening, pouring out constant accusations and disseminations and topping off with a race-baiting misogynistic dangerous P.T. Barnum of a candidate, the discourse abusing Republicans have provided us with the verbal equivalent of an embarrassment of rashes, the kind that dont respond well to treatment.

Not the least of vexing irritants has been a presidential campaign that Trumps buddy Vlad would be proud of and, apparently, is. Working a winning combination, i.e. clever and cynical, GOP strategists looked into their tiny but surprisingly efficient hearts and earnestly questioned; why bother with the fact of the matter when facts matter so little? Apparently they learned lessons from the Russians and professional wrestling. (Wait a second, my God, could the former Soviets have hacked pro wrestling too? Maybe. Or was it the other way around!?).

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