Cathy McMorris Rodgers Denies That Steve King — Who Wrote GOP Immigration Policy

In an interview with Reason posted yesterday, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, explicitly denied that Rep. Steve King is running the GOP’s policy on immigration and took issue with the party’s Nativist image.

“He does not — his position does not reflect the broad view of Republicans,” she said of King.

That’s interesting, since just last week the House GOP passed a draconian immigration bill crafted by none other than Steve King. King even called one of the bill’s key provisions “a mirror of what I’ve done the last two years here in this Congress.”

Best RINO performance this week was McMorris-Rodgers. Horne getting 8% and the Independent candidate getting 11% is disappointing.

Once female RINOs get in, they are impossible to get rid of.

C. McMorris Rodgers (i) 51.6% 66,082 D Winner J. Pakootas 28.9% 36,978 O D. Wilson 11.4% 14,584 R T. Horne 8.1% 10,396

I think Boehner would rather this idiot would shut up and stop revealing his agenda.

Steve King and Jeff Sessions speak for most Republicans outside of congress. Even volume wise, no one else talks about the entire immigration policy. Ive never heard Boehner say anything more than a few words on the issue.

Reason magazine promotes great conservatives like Jeff Flake and Robert Sarvis(L-VA).

This is WA state after all. While most of Eastern WA is conservative (unlike the “I-5 Corridor”, which runs through Olympia, Tacoma, Seattle and Everett), part of her district includes Spokane (includes Fairchild AFB), which leans Dim.

The seat was previously held by George Nethercutt, who was fairly conservative. He ousted Speaker of the House, Tom Foley (D)in 1994. I was trying to remember more about him and just looked him up - earlier in his career he was Chief of Staff for Sen. Ted Stevens (just threw that in as I found it interesting).

George ran against Patty (Osama Mama) Murray in 2004 and, unfortunately, lost. That’s when Cathy won this seat.

There’s a lot of rural area and agriculture in her district. I don’t know this for a fact, just surmising, but because at least some of her constituents want migrant workers for the picking/harvesting season she may be listening to them; and, while she may not support amnesty, she may support some type of migrant worker program. I know from a friend that used to live over there that quite a few come up from Mexico during the season then return to Mexico until the following year.

I’m not sticking up for her (she says things that I think could be worded much better, left unsaid and/or that I don’t like), but she is very supportive of the military and their families and veterans and also the disabled. She also supports pro-life and the 2nd amendment.

Her Life ACU rating is 89.3 - 2nd only to Doc Hastings out of the 4 Pubbie Reps from WA State (other 6 Reps are Dims, including Bagdad Jim McDermott).

Is she perfect - no. But, I’ll take her any day over San Fran Nan, Sheila J Lee, Maxine W or Patty Murray.

Just my $.02 FWIW

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