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Simpson rips Trump administration

Amid the health care tug-of-war, Russian investigation drama and other assorted Trump administration happenings, this terse nugget appeared in Politico on Thursday:

“I don’t even pay any attention to what is going on with the administration because I don’t care. They’re a distraction. The family is a distraction, the president is a distraction,” complained Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho). “At first, it was ‘Well yeah, this is the guy we elected. He’ll learn, he’ll learn.’ And you just don’t see that happening.”

Simpson went on to say more, according to a tweet from Politico’s John Bresnahan/Cynthia Sewell, Idaho Statesman. More here.

Question: Isn't it nice to have a least one member of our congressional delegation tell it like it is?


Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article162914733.html#storylink=cpy


D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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