Trump effect? Supporters of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Lisa Brown weigh in on president’s role in midterm contest
Rep.
Supporters interviewed this week in
"I'm looking more at maintaining a conservative approach to government," said
The president has inserted himself into the midterm discussion, telling reporters last month he believed he was helping
Trump later told reporters he wouldn't blame anyone if a blue wave put control of the House back in Democratic hands.
Midterm re-elections are rarely kind to the president's party.
President
The pattern doesn't always hold.
Frank said he supported Trump's judicial selections, including recently confirmed
"I kind of like (Paul)
"I would hope that they are paying very close attention" to what Trump says and does, Sullivan said of the district's voters.
"I believe he's already committed impeachable offenses," Sullivan said. "He lies to the American people."
Sullivan said she's a supporter of Brown because of her legislative record and accomplishments. But, she said, she has concerns about Trump's language about
She referenced remarks the president made during the annual Easter Egg roll event at the
"He talked about the
Brown said in a statement through a spokeswoman Thursday that she wasn't closing the door on impeachment if elected but stressed that an investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to
"I'm open to that, but I wouldn't make a decision until we get information back from the investigation," Brown said in the statement. "There's a lot of smoke, we'll see if there's fire."
The specter of impeachment is not without some backing. A
An April poll of voters in the district, conducted by the firm
"All they do is bash Trump," Scheres said of
Scheres' close neighbors, Beverly and
"I don't feel it's that," she said. "We want to protect a more conservative government approach."
Since then, she was briefly floated as a potential
As recently as last week,
Brown supporters said those words were posturing and pointed to
"I don't think the
McGlocklin's home is off
"Some of the things he says, I don't particularly like," Kittredge said of the president.
But his vote for
"I vote for the person," Kittredge said.
One of the things Brown and
"More than the fact that I'm voting for
"They tried to ruin that man's life," said
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