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Otter lauds Trump executive orders

President Donald Trump’s executive orders have spawned more than 50 lawsuits in the past few weeks, but they earned a “hearty congratulations” from Idaho’s chief executive.

In a recent letter, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter offered the president his “hearty congratulations and sincere thanks for the executive actions you already have taken, as well as your developing legislative agenda, to fundamentally change the direction of our national government.”

The letter was dated Jan. 30, a few days after Trump imposed a temporary ban on immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries, suspended refugee resettlements, ordered the construction of a wall along the Mexican border and threatened to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities/ William L Spence , Lewiston Tribune. More here.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog