Montini: Biggs’ comments were consistent with what he ran on.

You have to give Rep. Andy Biggs credit for holding an actual town hall Tuesday. Well, you don’t have to. But you should. And while Biggs didn’t give some people the answers they wanted to hear, he told them what they should have expected to hear: the stuff he ran on.

It was the field report of a loyal foot soldier in the Trump brigade, a denier of science and of empathy.

Biggs was part of the group of Republican congressional members who scuttled replacement proposals for “Obamacare” because they weren’t cruel enough. They might not phrase it that way. But that's how it is.

“I do not like that bill because it does not keep a promise we made to repeal (the Affordable Care Act),” Biggs told the crowd.

I’m wondering how many of those in the crowd — those who voted for Biggs — know what such a thing might mean to them.

A complete repeal would allow insurance companies to again deny coverage for a pre-existing condition. It would eliminate the cap on the total amount an individual or family could be required to pay for health care in a year as well as lifetime insurance limits.

Those elements of Obamacare have kept thousands of Americans from dying or going bankrupt because someone in the family got sick.

And what about allowing young adults to remain on their parents’ insurance until age 26?

None of these issues are a concern to Biggs, who won a $10 million sweepstakes prize and need not worry about money.

Then, there is the issue of climate change, about which Biggs said, “There are credible scientists who say climate change exists; we aren’t sure why. There are credible scientists who say that. There are credible scientists who say it doesn’t.”

Actually, the credible scientists, by an overwhelming number, say climate change exists.

Like, for instance, the scientists in NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the government agency that studies this very thing and employs the smartest scientists we’ve got.

The scientists at the government’s Environmental Protection Agency also understand that climate change exists. Proven by — yes — scientific analysis. Hundreds, if not thousands of times.

Global scientific groups like the Union of Concerned Scientists point to little scientific facts like the ever-increasing record high-temperature events; the retreating glaciers; the melting ice caps; the warming, rising oceans. It goes on and on.

This is important stuff if you’re thinking about the future of the planet and how it will impact your children and grandchildren.

If, however, you’ve already (literally) hit the jackpot, like Biggs, and you’re only looking to get re-elected in a couple of years to a cushy job in Washington, it’s not a problem.