In March, GOP leadership discouraged its lawmakers from holding in-person town halls amid mounting backlash to the Trump administration. Representative Bryan Steil of Wisconsin was the first Republican in the state to disobey this directive. After constituents held weekly protests outside his office , urging him to hold an in-person event, Steil finally relented with what his office called a “ listening session .” After months of virtual-only town halls, there was lots of listening to do. Steil