Hoosier Group to Protest Beckwith’s Zionsville Town Hall
INDIANAPOLIS — A Central Indiana group plans to protest Tuesday night’s town hall in Zionsville. Lt. Governor Micah Beckwith says the pushback won’t shake him because he’s there to hear what matters to Hoosiers.
“There are some people who are really disrespectful, like one lady in Bloomington who stood up, screamed ‘White supremacist,’ and walked out,” Beckwith told WIBC News.
Beckwith’s town hall is set for 6 p.m. at the Zionsville Town Hall Building. He says events like this will be a regular part of his time as lieutenant governor.
“I love town halls. It doesn’t intimidate me in the slightest when people get up and ask questions. I actually thrive in these kinds of settings.”
Indivisible Central Indiana says they will hold a “peaceful protest” outside the event.
“Hoosiers have a right to show up and speak out when our values are under attack,” said Monty Hulse of Indivisible Central Indiana. “Beckwith’s views are extreme, unrepresentative, and a threat to the pluralistic democracy that Indiana deserves,” the group said in a statement.
“I enjoy the pushback,” Beckwith added. “If I can’t get up and answer for what I believe, then I have no business representing the people of Indiana.”
