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* From Shannon Russell of Indivisible 12th…

Hi Rich,

This weekend we held our town hall, which went all right for a bunch of amateurs (long video here).

What was Mike Bost doing? Watch for yourself: [Link removed at the request of a family member of a participant.]

I spent the last two days creating a video putting these two “events” side by side, hopefully to humorous effect. I will be officially sharing tomorrow morning, but I thought you might be interested in breaking this bizarre video.

Here’s ours: [Link removed at the request of a family member of a participant.]

Enjoy!

* Well, since they went to all the trouble…

[Video removed at the request of a family member of a participant.]

Whew.

*** UPDATE *** From Congressman Bost…

On Saturday, August 5th, Indivisible activists hosted a town hall meeting at 2pm. From 10am-3:15pm that same day, Congressman Bost participated in a long-planned visit to Scott Air Force Base where he reviewed operations of the 932nd Airlift Wing. Later that weekend and on his own personal time, Congressman Bost recorded a lighthearted video at the request of family friends who were working to raise money for charity. While doing so in no way interfered with his congressional duties, we’re aware that some folks will never let facts get in the way of a good story.

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 4:50 pm

Comments

Pass.

Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 4:51 pm
Representative, you are no Elton John.

Comment by Freezeup Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 4:55 pm
When the sunglasses showed up I thought it was a SnapChat filter. . .LOL

Comment by wndycty Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 4:56 pm
Best is awesome. He’s probably hoping this gets lots of views. Shows what a great guy he is!

Comment by The Other Anonymous Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 4:59 pm
This is a GISHWHES challenge.
Coincidentally, there are others involving elected officials and I cannot get any ILGOP to respond to requests (shocker).

www.GISHWHES.com

Comment by Don Gerard Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 5:00 pm
Funny. They copied off of Jesse Watters approach with the movie clips.

Comment by Oh Boy Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 5:00 pm
I would really like to know what Representatives Shimkus and Davis were doing that same day.

They were too busy to show up as well. They must have had very important prior commitments.

Comment by illini Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 5:03 pm
Kinda embarrassed. Not really a hometown hero, but close.

Comment by blue dog dem Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 5:05 pm
you were right. i got to a minute twelve and thought, oh crap!

jesse’s girl (i think)???

i was afraid to finish…

Comment by bored now Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 5:22 pm
Oh please send this to Stephen Colbert… Too funny and disturbing at the same time( exclamation point).

Comment by Anon221 Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 5:32 pm
So, was that or wasn’t that a snap chat filter?

Comment by A modest proposal Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 5:43 pm
Um, ok? Or, should I say, “all right”

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 6:15 pm
he wasn’t screaming and/or throwing papers, so meh

Comment by baloneymous Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 6:28 pm
Let’s hope all the coal miners, truckers, and other unemployed in his district get jiggy with it…

Comment by FLEA Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 6:54 pm
So Bost can laugh at himself a little. It’s not that embarrassing. Chill out guys.

Comment by Lighten up Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 7:01 pm
yes, send to Colbert, or maybe better yet as it will go long form, John Oliver, or Samantha Bee.

how can Bost not know that if he films it, people will watch….and publish!

Comment by Amalia Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 7:12 pm
He was much more amusing in the GA throwing paper in the air.

Comment by SandyC Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 7:18 pm
Not Snapchat. Even they have standards.

Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 8:09 pm
This is so awful it might have broken the space-time continuum and ended Rick Springfield’s career.

Thanks Bost

Comment by Morty Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 8:16 pm
Spending time with family or friends? Shame this man!

Comment by Liandro Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 8:23 pm
Two days?
Really?

Comment by Michelle Flaherty Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 8:56 pm
The young women in this video are my daughter and daughter-in-law. They shot this on Sunday after church for about ten minutes for an international scavenger hunt and charity. Representative Bost was nice enough to help out. THIS WAS NOT SHOT ON SATURDAY, and to imply it was is simply a lie. As for Rep. Bost you will not find a better guy and a more honest representative for our region. Not many would have helped out, he went the extra mile!

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 8:59 pm
Too ridiculous to care about.

Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 9:04 pm
If this is the strategy to defeat Mike Bost, then I suspect the congressman will likely cruise to victory.

Comment by Saluki Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 9:35 pm
My daughter and daughter-in-law were the young ladies in the video. This was shot in about ten minutes on Sunday after church, NOT SATURDAY! To imply anything else is a lie. This was for an international scavenger hunt for fun and charity. Mike Bost was nice enough to help out. Turns out he is a great guy and a fantastic rep for our area!

Comment by rssem Tuesday, Aug 8, 17 @ 9:49 pm
Going after a Congressman because you don’t like them and finding out what they did was for charity after church, priceless.
At some point the Democrats better get a message instead of this game that the other side is mean. Just because you can make someone else look bad doesn’t mean you know any better or can do the job.

Comment by DuPage Bard Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 12:07 am
Way to go, Indivisible 12th! Bost has continuously refused to meet with constituents. When Indivisible groups banded together and hired off-duty police to ensure candidate’s safety to remove that excuse, they still refused. No more excuses!

Comment by Beth Malone Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 7:22 am
2 days? Here is an idea. If you want to beat Bost or any other incumbent get out of your house, away from your computer and knock on doors and talk to voters. Otherwise it is a waste of our time and your own.

Comment by Spliff Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 7:41 am
DuPage… “At some point the Democrats better get a message instead of this game that the other side is mean. Just because you can make someone else look bad doesn’t mean you know any better or can do the job.”

Um, isn’t that how we got our current President…

Comment by Fool On The Hill Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 8:07 am
One more thing the edited video needs to be taken down. The clear implication is that Representative Bost skipped a town hall to do a video is a total fabrication. Also, an acknowledgement that this was either intentionally misleading or just a mistake by the editor of the video should be made. I would like clarification as to why this was made to look like Rep. Bost was off doing a video instead of attending a town hall when that wasn’t true?

Comment by rssem Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 8:34 am
OK. Does every video have to be professional level? I guess anything can be twisted into oppo info if you really need it.

Comment by zatoichi Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 8:51 am
This is what happens when you go to DC, some consultant tells you a video like this is a great idea. Im sure this will play well in Murphysboro.

Comment by Red Ranger Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 9:03 am
Red Ranger - Sorry to bust your bubble but no consultant involved. This was two young women that wanted to do a video for an international scavenger hunt and charity. They got a hold of Rep. Bost and he thought it would help out a charity and be fun. Nothing more. Again, why is this video still up when it is obviously intended to mislead? Where is the explanation or apology?

Comment by rssem Wednesday, Aug 9, 17 @ 9:25 am
So I haven’t commented for a while, but the person posting as The Other Anonymous at 4:59PM Aug 9 is not the same as the person who has posted for eight years or so under that moniker.

I did not see this entry until after the link was removed so I have no opinion about this video. I just don’t want any confusion about past posts.

Comment by the Other Anonymous Thursday, Aug 10, 17 @ 8:02 am