Of the myriad Republican politicians whose reelection prospects in 2018 are slowly being bludgeoned to death by the sledgehammer of malevolence and stupidity that is Donald Trump's presidency, Darrell Issa may be the most screwed of them all. The Southern California congressman eked out a win in 2016 by about 1,600 votes of the 310,000-plus cast, and further up the ballot, Hillary Clinton carried the district by more than seven percentage points. Since Issa took it upon himself to cast a key vote to help pass Paul Ryan's morally bankrupt Trumpcare bill, his constituents have been more vocal than ever in demanding the opportunity to tell him exactly how they feel about that choice. When some of them showed up outside Issa's district office in San Diego County today, here is how Issa, who is both a sitting member of the United States House of Representatives and also an adult human, chose to respond:

I can think of no better man to take crisis management tips from than this:

Issa is holding a constituent town hall this weekend during the congressional recess, but in what sure looks like an attempt to get out of having to actually answer hard questions from the people whose interests he purports to represent in Congress, this snowflake sent out special invitations to areas of his district that have traditionally heavily favored Issa. This is cowardly and hilarious, but given how heartily he got booed last time he tried this—and how ruthlessly he got dragged when he tried to skip an event altogether—it's a small wonder that Issa is really going to go ahead with this plan like he believes it probably won't backfire in spectacular fashion.

If Issa's name is vaguely ringing any other bells for you right now, it's probably because of this:

Darrell Issa sounds like a man who is already looking forward to resuming his career as a private citizen.

UPDATE: Congressman Issa's office reached out to us to clarify that, as evidenced by this tweet, he first spoke to at least some members of the assembled crowd—including one gentleman carrying a "Defund Planned Parenthood" sign and sporting a red baseball hat with what appears to be two rows of white lettering on the front—before ascending to the roof to take a picture, and that he was not, in fact, "hiding" from them.

We regret the error.

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