Obama-tied group targets House Republicans over Trump agenda

May 15, 2017 Cholo Brooks United States 0

By Mallory Shelbourne

Organizing for Action, the non-profit group with ties to former President Barack Obama, is launching a digital effort targeting vulnerable Republicans in the House for promoting President Trump’s policies.

The group says it is going after members of Congress who are “rubber-stamping the White House’s harmful agenda.”

“The majority of the constituents in these districts voted against this administration’s platform, yet their representatives are acting as rubber stamps for the White House’s extreme agenda rather than working for the people they represent,” the program’s website reads.

The program already targeted 25 Republicans after the House passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) earlier this month, which repeals key provisions of ObamaCare.

Read more of this report

Source: News Now/ The Hill Online

(Visited 73 times, 1 visits today)

About Cholo Brooks 14461 Articles

Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.