{"id":38032,"date":"2017-08-02T05:05:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T05:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=38032"},"modified":"2017-08-02T05:05:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T05:05:38","slug":"republican-incumbents-in-swing-districts-try-to-find-right-distance-from-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/republican-incumbents-in-swing-districts-try-to-find-right-distance-from-trump.html","title":{"rendered":"Republican incumbents in swing districts try to find right distance from Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Republican incumbents in swing districts try to find right distance from Trump<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Republican incumbents in swing districts try to find right distance from Trump:- Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado was the first Republican in Congress last year to cut an ad promising to \u201cstand up\u201d to Donald Trump \u2014 and six months into the presidency, he has tried to live up to that promise, bucking the president on immigration, health care and other issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">As Republicans try to defend their House majority next year, lawmakers like Mr. Coffman are trying to find that elusive middle between being a Republican and being a Trump Republican.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">For Mr. Coffman, who said last year that he \u201cdidn\u2019t care for [Mr. Trump] much,\u201d little has changed. He is vowing to keep bucking the president when he wants, including voting against the American Health Care Act and trying to chart a more lenient path for illegal immigrants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cMike Coffman has a long track record of independent leadership \u2014 challenging big spenders in both parties and putting the interests of his constituents first. As Mike has said before, he will stand with President Trump when he agrees with him and stand up to him when he thinks he\u2019s wrong,\u201d said Tyler Sandberg, campaign adviser to Mr. Coffman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Mr. Coffman won his district by 9 percentage points last cycle \u2014 in the same region where Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton topped Mr. Trump by 9 points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Some Republicans say that\u2019s a good sign: Voters are willing to split their ticket and reward congressional Republicans even if they do not support Mr. Trump. One party strategist said that if incumbents such as Mr. Coffman can win swing districts when Mrs. Clinton or Barack Obama is on the ballot, then they are strong enough to win midterm elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2017\/aug\/1\/support-of-donald-trump-weighs-on-republican-house\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/republican-incumbents-in-swing-districts-try-to-find-right-distance-from-trump.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican incumbents in swing districts try to find right distance from Trump Republican incumbents in swing districts try to find right distance from Trump:- Rep. 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