Nunes feels Russia probe blowback at home

[RandySF]

LOS ANGELES — Devin Nunes, the California congressman whose allegiance to Donald Trump has made him public enemy number one to many Democrats, is beginning to feel the heat back home.

His little-known challenger is awash in cash from across the country as a result of Nunes’ polarizing role in the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. An independent expenditure campaign has posted hostile billboards along Highway 99, the heavily traveled main road through Nunes’ Central Valley district.

On Wednesday, a report in the Fresno Bee linked Nunes to a winery that allegedly held a wild cocaine-and-prostitutes evening yacht cruise — a winery where the congressman is a part-owner.

Yet Nunes isn’t blinking. In response to the first real challenge of his career, the House Intelligence Committee chairman recently raised a dizzying $2.3 million in just over six weeks — nearly as much as he raised in his entire 2016 campaign.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/05/25/devin-nunes-russia-probe-fundraising-609492

[chillfactor]

1. This waste of human flesh.....

really really needs to be defeated.

[BigmanPigman]

2. I want to hear from people in his district

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and not the news spinners. Does anyone know of actual constituents in his district and what the general consensus is there?

[flibbitygiblets]

3. +1

This guy HAS to be defeated.

[Bayard]

4. I used to live in Fresno County (on the edge, thankfully up in the mountains).

Which is his district. Its a weird part of CA, politically. A Rethuglican stronghold, where big agriculture rules. I don't recall meeting a single Dem the 12 years I lived there. Lots of apathy.

[TeamPooka]

8. They are being affected by China's shift in buying ag goods but no one is pointing it out to

them.
that's an issue that matters there and should be a focus in campaigns not just Russia that they dont get or care about.
Talk about their hit in the wallet

[Hekate]

6. Try asking in the California group & see if some DUers are from that district. Also, the LA Times...

...ran an in-depth article some weeks back about Nunes' rural constituents really not getting how Russia affects them. They are the farm-owners, and they are worried about drought and about whether they will get State water piped in to irrigate their crops. The Central Valley is literally sinking as ground water has been pumped so extensively. What does Russia have to do with them, right?

The question for the rest of us is: how can Democrats frame the issues to his constituents in a way that makes clear just how badly the Trump/Nunes corruption affects their livelihood? For instance, Trump's crazy talk about tariffs and trade wars will affect them very personally, and soon. Is the Democratic candidate addressing this?

[pazzyanne]

7. And add to that the difficulty getting farm workers.

You would think that they could see this by themselves. I don't get how people can ignore things that affect them directly and then vote against their self interest.

[Hekate]

17. Right, farmworkers. Without Mexico, agribusiness and the rest if us are screwed. But it has to be...

...framed so the target voters get that.

As a well known feminist said, "All politics is local." Especially in the US House -- the majority of people squawking about Nunes and Pelosi can't vote for them. The people here who fantasize about all of California being like Nancy Pelosi's district (and how easy it would be to replace her) are blowing smoke.

[pazzyanne]

18. Absolutely agree!

[Bayard]

12. I doubt ICE is hitting the district much

That would certainly get big ag's attention, (like the Boswells). I would surmise they have some major deal with Nunez to keep ICE out. The Central Valley's economy depends on migrant workers.

[Gothmog]

16. Nunes Won't Say If He'll Hold Town Meetings

This is a sign that Nunes is worried https://politicalwire.com/2018/05/24/nunes-wont-say-if-hell-hold-town-meetings/

n an interview with the Fresno Bee, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) was asked if he planned to host any local forums or town hall meetings.

Responded Nunes: “Your paper is a joke to even bring these issues up or raise these issues.”

[byronius]

5. Wonder where that money came from.

Oh, certainly not from fronts for Russians. Oh no. Not that. Surely not that.

Devin Nunes needs to sit and think about his life for the rest of his life inside a cell.

Traitor-style.

[TimeSnowDemos]

9. NOTE

That Nunes is raking in the cash. Millions of Americans love him and his antics... and those millions won't disappear even if he loses....they'll fight for someone as insane to replace him in a few years.... the core of the problem will still be there, because...well...because Americans are extremely prone to conspiracy theories and partisan wilful delusions.

[Alethia Merritt]

10. We know where is influx of cash is coming from... no surprise.

People voting power will be able to match his money I hope. His is not a "polarizing rolell;" it's a criminal role.

[Achilleaze]

11. repube family values: "a wild cocaine-and-prostitutes evening yacht cruise..."

Gag me with a compromised political party full of raving hypocrites, liars, and traitors

[arthritisR_US]

13. The NRA must be on overdrive funnelling

money from the Russians to Nunes.

[Gothmog]

14. Nunes Raised Little Money from His Own Constituents

Nunes is relying on contributions from out of district https://politicalwire.com/2018/05/27/nunes-raised-almost-no-money-from-his-constituents/

Fresno Bee: “Rep. Devin Nunes’ big role in the unfolding drama between Justice Department and the Trump administration has drawn national headlines — and allowed him to collect big money from D.C. area donors. But the California Republican is also being dogged by accusations he’s no longer focused on his constituents.”

“Of the more than $1 million Nunes raised from individual donors, roughly $19,000, or 2 percent, came from people in his district, which includes chunks of Fresno and Tulare Counties. That’s the smallest percentage of any the eight California Republicans in Congress who Democrats are targeting for defeat this fall.”

[oasis]

15. Nunes is going down. Bigly.