it? he s perfect for trump. just like president trump, devin is a transactional politician and i ve seen that throughout his career. he has taken a lot of votes that would benefit himself and his future. and the only other policy he really has is to attack democrats. i know some people in washington, d.c. were surprised by this whole thing when it started last year, because representative nunes, his reputation back there for 14 years was a smart guy, a guy that was making the extra teenlg strategic moves to move up in the ranks in the republican party and had his loyalty rewarded. if you knew him back here in the valley, he has been a flame thrower from day one. and, remarkably, i don t know if you remember, chris, but in 2010, complaining about water allotments from the obama administration, he compared the
2010, complaining about water allotments from the obama administration, he compared the president to robert mcgabe and hussein. that s strong. fairly strong. betsy although, in the central valley, that kind of rhetoric goes over well. you ve been talking to folks, betsy, on the hill about him. what are people on both sides of the aisle saying about watching this play out? one of the most interesting observations i heard today actually came from a former senior justice official. what that person told me was that when nunes was first named chairman of the intelligence committee, back in the previous era before this whole russia situation really started taking off, among folks who were in the national security law space and intelligence space, there were some immediate concerns. and part of the reason for those concerns was that nunes wasn t viewed as somebody who was a serious heavy hitter on intelligence matters. and what that would mean is that nunes was very much going to be