Utah Paper Ups Pressure On Jason Chaffetz: Investigate, Don’t Imitate, Donald Trump
The Salt Lake Tribune compared the congressman’s “fanciful claims” about paid protesters to the president’s cries of voter fraud.
In a
searing editorial Tuesday, The Salt Lake Tribune urged Rep.
Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) to do his job and investigate, rather than copy, President
Donald Trump.
“It seems to work for the president of the United States, so, Jason Chaffetz may have surmised, it should work for members of Congress, too,” the newspaper wrote. “But explaining away an unpleasant occurrence by fabricating facts about those who oppose you is something the Utah congressman should investigate, not emulate.”
Of course, the paper is referring to the Republican’s appearance over the weekend at a town hall event in Cottonwood, Utah, where
angry constituents booed and scolded the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, chanting, “Do your job!” In the wake of the fiasco, Chaffetz chose an approach
favored by Trump, claiming that the furious town hall crowd was
infiltrated with paid out-of-state protesters.
“
Absolutely. I know there were,” he told The Deseret News, adding it was “more of a paid attempt to bully and intimidate” than a reflection of his own constituents’ feelings.
In its editorial, the Tribune says Chaffetz “spoiled” any reasonable argument he had tried to make about certain members of the crowd being there to cause a scene when he spouted his claim of paid outsiders “with no factual basis.”
Utah Paper Ups Pressure On Jason Chaffetz: Investigate, Don’t Imitate, Trump
Thank you, Salt Lake Tribune, for exposing Chaffetz for the cowardly little weasel he is.