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Mar 22 2025
10:58 am
Organizers for the "Empty Chair Town Hall" event said they invited Burchett, Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn and Republican Senator Bill Hagerty but none appeared for the event. State Democratic Representatives Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville) and Sam McKenzie (D-Knoxville) appeared at it.
The event was "meant to give the Knox County community a chance to vent frustrations over recent decisions by the Trump administration and the region's federal lawmakers."
... "at least 300 people were estimated to have participated. It was held Friday, March, 21, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the Deane Hill Recreation Center."
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