Town hall audiences on Tuesday shifted their outrage from the Republican health care bill to the firing of FBI Director James Comey.
In Iowa, Republican Rep. Rod Blum walked out of a town hall meeting in Cedar Rapids after boos and people yelling "do your job" in response to Comey's firing, KWWL reported.
"I think it was probably time for Comey to go," Blum said. "The FBI has been way too involved in politics on both sides of the aisle."
In Moneta, Va., Republican Rep. Tom Garrett declined to discuss the nature of Comey's firing because it happened right before the meeting, the Roanoke Times reported. But he did offer faint praise for the former FBI director.
"I think as it relates to partisan rancor, Comey's done a pretty good job ruffling feathers on both sides of the aisle," Garrett said. "Candidly, that's usually a pretty good indicator that somebody's doing their job well, right?"
Similarly, New Jersey Republican Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen praised Comey, but did not comment on the nature of the firing, NJ.com reported.
"I do think he was an honorable man and ran an amazing department," Frelinghuysen told the audience. "I'm surprised that he's gone, but I guess in this business, nothing is too surprising."
Similarly, Virginia Rep. Dave Brat was booed when he said committees in the House and Senate were looking into the Russia probe when asked about the need for a special prosecutor.
Democrats, on the other hand, had receptive audiences in criticizing Comey's firing.
The biggest applause at California Rep. Jared Huffman's town hall meeting came when the subject of impeachment came up, KTVU reported.
Huffman said there currently were not enough votes to impeach Trump but that could change.
"We might be able to change the dynamics on the investigations that would lead potentially to an impeachment," he said.
