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TexasTowelie

(111,312 posts)
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 01:24 AM Jun 2018

Heitkamp says it's not all about resisting Trump

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Heidi Heitkamp has no time for resisting.

That's what the North Dakota Democrat in one of the most Donald Trump-friendly states says, though it would seem she also doesn't have that luxury of avoiding the resistance.

The first-term U.S. senator, among the most vulnerable in her party seeking re-election this year, is maneuvering herself at once as an ally of the Republican president on policy, and a polite opponent at other times.

"If you simply focus on resistance, if that's your sole motivation and purpose, I don't know how you'd ever get anything done," Heitkamp said during an Associated Press interview at a coffee shop in Mandan, her hometown. "When we agree, we work together."

Heitkamp's record of championing some of Trump's proudest deregulation moves has frustrated Republicans, who would like nothing more than to paint her as obstructing the president. That has been the more combative approach of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, seeking re-election in Democrat-friendly Massachussetts.

Read more: https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/Heitkamp-says-it-s-not-all-about-resisting-Trump-12983257.php

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Heitkamp says it's not all about resisting Trump (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2018 OP
She's in a tough spot. RandySF Jun 2018 #1
I agree with you. TexasTowelie Jun 2018 #2
I agree. For North Dakota DFW Jun 2018 #3

TexasTowelie

(111,312 posts)
2. I agree with you.
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 01:39 AM
Jun 2018

I think that Heitkamp and several other senators are following the wise course to get reelected. Where there is some common ground to pass legislation to help their constituents then they should do so. I'll take a conservative Democrat over any Republican any day of the week.

DFW

(54,055 posts)
3. I agree. For North Dakota
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 01:57 AM
Jun 2018

She is about the best we can hope for. Kent Conrad survived the same way while he was a Senator from ND.

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