GOP's Darrell Issa represents a clear test for anti-Trump Democrats trying for electoral gains...

[DonViejo]

GOP’s Darrell Issa represents a clear test for anti-Trump Democrats trying for electoral gains in 2018

By Tony Perry March 11 at 7:02 PM
OCEANSIDE, Calif. — For three hours Saturday, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) endured pointed questions, jeers and derisive laughter during two successive town halls in this northern suburb of San Diego.

But this wasn’t just a moment for Issa to let anxious constituents vent their worries about immigration policy, health-care reform or the first seven weeks of President Trump’s tenure. It was a major first test of the Democratic Party’s efforts to turn antipathy toward Trump into electoral gains in 2018. It was also a chance for Issa to show that he is willing to stand apart from Trump for a district that has rapidly grown more liberal in recent years.

“I do not work for the executive branch,” Issa said in an opening statement Saturday at one of two morning town hall meetings at a community center here. “I investigated the Obama administration. I also investigated the Bush administration.”

Issa, 63, has been distancing himself from Trump for some time. Widely seen as a partisan flamethrower during his years leading the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and its many investigations of the Obama administration, Issa is more likely these days to defend the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency or to demand a rigorous investigation into allegations of Russian intervention in the 2016 election.

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[beachbum bob]

1. 2018 footsteps...he knows he wont last another election cycle being a trump cheerleader

[dalton99a]

2. They should kick his lying ass to the curb.