My local community center got a little ink over the weekend following a “meeting” held there this past Friday night. The gathering was a sort of town hall event, though the guest of honor did not show. No, not the President, but rather one of the congressmembers elected from his party despite his raging unpopularity. (Hehe.)

Representative Barbara Comstock (“R”-Virginia), my elected representative in Congress, is far from my favorite legislator, but I think she’s 100% right on this issue. She’s within her rights to stay home, and I advise other GOP lawmakers to do the same. It’s a neat little trick that’s being played out in community centers around the country these days: angry citizens, upset with Trump or the world or their own miserable lives, call together a “town hall meeting” or some such thing and “invite” a dignitary or two, then flop in incredulity when such dignitaries do not show.

When the KKK invites Barack Obama to its Grand Wizard powwow, are we surprised when he doesn’t go? It’s a trick, and I think the same principle applies here. (I’m just thinking now of the government software program that is reading Obama and KKK in the same sentence and is red-flagging this blog.)

Dear Republican legislators, whether you favor the President or not: When you’re “invited” to a town hall meeting that sounds a little like a suicide mission…

Stay home.