Beto O’Rourke pledges executive order requiring town halls for Cabinet members

[Borealis]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/beto-orourke-pledges-executive-order-requiring-monthly-town-halls-for-cabinet-members

In an effort to propose a radically transparent administration, Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke on Monday pledged that, as president, he would sign an executive order compelling e
very member of his cabinet to hold a monthly public town-hall meeting.

“Those Cabinet secretaries for those agencies and departments will be before you, not a hand-picked audience, not a theatrical production but a real life town hall meeting, not just
to answer questions but to be held accountable,” O’Rourke said at the “We the People” Summit in Washington, D.C.

His campaign said the proposal is in the tradition of the Texas Democrat's many town-hall events while he served in Congress as well as the more than 350 he held during his 2018
Senate run against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).

Similar to O’Rourke’s proposal, during the 2008 presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) proposed question-and-answer sessions with Congress, akin to the British tradition of
prime ministers taking questions from members of Parliament.

Interesting idea.

[Revenge282]

It doesn't really matter what kind of town halls you hold. You money stinks, your policies are bland, and you only got hype because you were supposed to take down Ted Cruz, on of the most hated people in politics. But you failed. Your charisma is the only thing you can run on.

https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/109738/ca966310-e5c3-410f-b051-42954176afbe/image.png

That, and oil money.

[smurfy]

https://i.imgur.com/mRbmlok.png

A town hall with the DNI and the director of the CIA would certainly be interesting

[Sableye]

DNI, DHS and CIA would be interesting but probably very tightly controlled locations like military and veteran events

[Rastadogg]

Just going to jump in before the inevitable, "but you guys loved him when he ran for Senate!" Beto would be a great step forward for Texas, but not for the country.

He's still a corrupt """centrist""" who will likely do nothing but keep things they way they are, and bend to the will of who ever pays him the most, just like always.

[Revenge282]

Absolutely. He was only beloved because he was going against Cruz. Now that he's going against other people who are actually progressive, he is pretty ineffective.

[Anteep]

Not a bad idea, but you're not going to be president, Beta.