Sharice Davids doesn’t want to get ‘in the weeds’ with Trump investigations
McClatchy DC
BY BRYAN LOWRY
blowry@mcclatchydc.com
November 14, 2018
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WASHINGTON — Don’t expect Sharice Davids to join the chorus of Democrats clamoring for an onslaught of investigations into President Donald Trump’s administration and personal finances.
“I feel like that’s a pretty in the weeds question,” the Kansas Democrat said.
Voter anger with Trump was to crucial to Davids’ victory over four-term incumbent Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District last week, but she’s hardly ready to go to war with the administration.
“I feel like I’d really have to see what is on the table right now,” Davids said when asked what investigations she’d like to pursue when her party takes control of the U.S. House in January.
Davids’ fellow Democrats have already said they plan to use the House’s investigative power to examine Trump’s tax returns and launch dozens of inquiries on the inner-workings of his administration.
Davids saidshe believes she got “elected because I’m willing to work in a bipartisan way to actually get things done and that when Congress needs to be a check on the executive branch that will happen.”
The answer reflects the challenge Davidsfaces representing a district where Republicans outnumber Democrats and there are enough unaffiliated voters to swing races to either party. Davids, a first time candidate, beat Yoder by 9 percentage points in the suburban district that narrowly went for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
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