'Everybody's scared': Wyden, Bynum get earful at town hall

Source: KOIN

‘Everybody’s scared’: Wyden, Bynum get earful at town hall

by: Ariel Salk
Posted: Mar 16, 2025 / 09:00 AM PDT
Updated: Mar 16, 2025 / 10:17 PM PDT

OREGON CITY, Ore. (KOIN) — More than 1000 people — shoulder-to-shoulder in bleachers, on the ground and on folding chairs — jammed the Clackamas Community College in Oregon City for a town hall with Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and US Rep. Janelle Bynum.

Some of those attending, like G. Thomas Williams, told KOIN 6 News they were in line for hours just to make sure they got in for the 5:30 p.m. event.

“I did not vote to elect this president, but I’m still an American citizen. He still is my president and still represents me and made promises that I want to make sure kept,” Williams said. “17% of my income comes from overtime, and he promised to eliminate taxes on overtime. I’m not a server. I don’t get tips. But there are lots of people that we’re expecting to get relief on taxes on their tips, income.”

The crowd — another in a series of packed town halls with elected officials in Oregon and in other places across the country — demanded to know what Wyden and Bynum and everyone else is doing to fight back against the Trump Administration’s efforts in nearly every area.

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