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Trib: Risch content to play Trump toady

In his editorial this morning, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune comments:

Don't look to Idaho Sen. Jim Risch to follow in the footsteps of Sens. Howard Baker, R-Tenn., or Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz.

Both Baker and Goldwater put principle ahead of their Republican president during the Watergate crisis of the 1970s. Serving on the Watergate committee, Baker famously asked: "What did the president know and when did he know it?" And it was Goldwater who walked into the White House one afternoon in August 1974, to tell President Richard Nixon the game was up; he'd either resign or be impeached.

But as one scandal after another has swirled around President Donald Trump, Risch has contentedly played the part of political apologist. More here.



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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