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 guided and heavily influenced by the staff he chose. he wouldn t necessarily be in a
to remove nunes, say his deliberate dishonest actions make him unfit to serve as chairman. 38 years from the fresno bee, covering california s central valley and betsy woodruff, daily beast, who spent the day interviewing sources about nunes. bill, how is this all playing back in his district? i think it s a much bigger story nationally, chris, than it is in the district. devin is relatively popular in the valley. as you know, it s a conservative area. meanwhile, because of social media, residents get to see it s a national story and also through shows like yours. that s been an interesting experience. what is he like? i mean, this is someone who, i think, a lot of people are trying to figure out his what s his angle here? why is he doing this and the way he s doing this? as someone who has covered him for a while, what do you make of
both called on speaker paul ryan to remove nunes, say his deliberate dishonest actions make him unfit to serve as chairman. 38 years from the fresno bee, covering california s central valley and betsy woodruff, daily beast, who spent the day interviewing sources about nunes. bill, how is this all playing back in his district? i think it s a much bigger story nationally, chris, than it is in the district. devin is relatively popular in the valley. as you know, it s a conservative area. meanwhile, because of social media, residents get to see it s a national story and also through shows like yours. that s been an interesting experience. what is he like? i mean, this is someone who, i think, a lot of people are trying to figure out his what s his angle here? why is he doing this and the way he s doing this? as someone who has covered him for a while, what do you make of it? he s perfect for trump.
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