WaPo Morning Bits
Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 @ 1:25PM
Forget muzzling bad candidates and instead pick good ones. “Speaking at a Heritage Foundation event on Monday about conservative alternatives to the Affordable Care Act, Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) told the audience that among the ways in which the GOP can facilitate a takeover of the U.S. Senate would be to provide nominees with ‘a roll of duct tape to put over their mouths.’ He said that his party should have taken the Senate in prior election cycles but, because the party’s nominees said ‘stupid things,’ they failed to achieve that.” Let’s get real: These were unvetted and unqualified people whom the far right insisted on backing.
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Meet David “Phil” Roe
Phil Roe
David “Phil” Roe represents Tennessee’s First Congressional District, which includes most of Northeast Tennessee. Phil Roe was elected in 2008 and he continues to serve Tennessee in the US House of Representatives as a member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Education and the Workforce Committee. Learn More...
