Posted on 06/04/2017 9:05:46 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican Rep. Darrell Issa (Calif.) distanced himself from President Trump when confronted at a raucous town hall Saturday, telling voters that he would have preferred Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla) to be president.
Issa was confronted by a Republican constituent who said he feared President Trump's agenda.
“I voted for Reagan, I voted for both Bushes, and I never voted for Obama,” he explained to Issa. “However, I am afraid of President Donald Trump.”
Issa wouldn't defend Trump, and instead pointed to his own support for Rubio during the 2016 Republican primary as a defense.
“I was out of the district campaigning all over for [Marco] Rubio,” Issa responded. “He was my first choice.”
Issa campaigned for Rubio during the primary, but eventually endorsed Trump after Rubio dropped out following a poor performance in Florida's primary.
The California lawmaker was ridiculed on social media Friday after he climbed on to the roof of a building after attempting to speak with protesters.
Issa is a coward, thief, arsonist and grandstander.
Other than that I dont think well of him.
Foam Fan
Issa, the guy who investigates forever and never finds the crime. Yes Issa, if we only had Bush again. Or of we had a Rubio, Bush in new Hispanic flavor!
Dan Issa: “Professional politician”...That says all you need to know...
What’s going on with Issa? Has he always been a #NeverTrump?
Not good attacking your party’s President during his first year in office. Maybe Darryl didn’t get an ambassadorship or cabinet appointment he thought he deserved.
I thought he was more a Team Player at one time. But then, that’s when the GOPe was the only conservative team in play.
SheeeeeeeeeeeeeSH...Darrel!!!!
FUDI
Issa, an outstanding feckless member of the stupid party.
A swamp creature from California...imagine that.
Yep! Just another rino.
Disgusting, loathsome, repugnant, pitiful, useless, accursed GOP.
I fart in your direction, Issa.
Issa has ben in office way too long.
The only defensible thing to say about him is a RAT would be way way worse.
I knew he was an a-hole when he chsired a committee that had say-so over Holder, Rice, Lynch, Lerner, Koskinen, et al, and he just let those hearings languish into nothingness. High hopes, low performance. He’s worthless. He’s a walking blowjob.
Way too funny - Where were all of the Freepers in 2009 when the RINO from Massachusetts - the GREAT White Hope back then - Scott Brown himself was praised as the Next coming of the Conservative movement?
You people here need to get with the program and LEARN some History AND that the Constitution stand for a LIMITED FEDERAL G'ment
Yes this means among other things - No to the Dept. of Education, No to Social Security, etc.
“However, I am afraid of President Donald Trump.”
Why didn’t he just ask this idiot “Why”?
His first name is darrel so...
YES, he was always a neverTrumper.
The obvious and simplest question is, what part of his agenda do you fear?
Like him or don't like him, what do you fear? His promise to seal the border and get control of immigration? His promise to get us out of Paris and TPP? His promise to get rid of Obamacare? His promise to build incentives in the tax code to bring manufacturing back to the US? What part of his agenda do you fear?
Once that has been made specific, even a drone like Issa should be able to respond to a specific concern.
My only fear was that he would turn out to be a Democrat at heart. But so far he has stuck to his guns on just about every point. If anyone ever thought he would wilt under fire he has proven time and again that that's just not Trump.
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