A Community Conversation with U.S. Rep Michael Baumgartner

A Community Conversation with U.S. Rep Michael Baumgartner in the Cowles Auditorium at Whitworth University on Monday evening.

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Mon., March 17, 2025

Micah Martinez stands in opposition to how U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner answered a refugees question during a town hall meeting with his constituents in Washington’s 5th Congressional District, Monday, March 17, 2025, at Whitworth University’s Cowles Auditorium. The event was hosted by Whitworth’s Democracy & Discourse Committee.

Colin Mulvany
U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner holds a town hall meeting with his constituents in Washington’s 5th Congressional District, Monday, March 17, 2025, at Whitworth University’s Cowles Auditorium. The event was hosted by Whitworth’s Democracy & Discourse Committee. event was hosted by Whitworth’s Democracy & Discourse Committee.

Colin Mulvany
Many people stood in opposition to how U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner answered questions during a town hall meeting with his constituents in Washington’s 5th Congressional District, Monday, March 17, 2025, at Whitworth University’s Cowles Auditorium. The event was hosted by Whitworth’s Democracy & Discourse Committee.

Colin Mulvany
About 60 protesters stood outside Whitworth’s Cowles Auditorium Monday, to call on U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner do more to stand up against Trump’s decisions to bypass Congress, ignore orders of a federal judge and the comments he made towards Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Colin Mulvany
A woman raises the flag of the State of Palestine during question to U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner regarding student Gaza protests on campuses nationwide last year, during a town hall meeting with his constituents, Monday, March 17, 2025, at Whitworth University’s Cowles Auditorium. The event was hosted by Whitworth’s Democracy & Discourse Committee.

Colin Mulvany
Protester Jan Marie Wallace, on far right, said she wants U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner to help stop the chaos in Washington D.C. About 60 protesters stood outside Whitworth’s Cowles Auditorium Monday to call on l Baumgartner do more to stand up against Trump’s decisions to bypass Congress, ignore orders of a federal judge and the comments he made towards Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Colin Mulvany
As the town hall with U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner wound down, many people in the audience turned their backs on the 5th Congressional District congressman, Monday, March 17, 2025, at Whitworth University’s Cowles Auditorium. The event was hosted by Whitworth’s Democracy & Discourse Committee.

Colin Mulvany
U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner speaks to the media after a rambunctious town hall meeting with his constituents in Washington’s 5th Congressional District, Monday, March 17, 2025, at Whitworth University’s Cowles Auditorium. The event was hosted by Whitworth’s Democracy & Discourse Committee.

Colin Mulvany