Fri Jan 27, 2023 – 10:57 am EST
(LifeSiteNews) – Anytime the speaker doesn’t accept questions, it is a good bet there is some explaining to do, and remarks have been planned carefully. This appeared to be the case on January 20 when Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) spoke at Calvin College, where her husband is on the faculty.
Scholten is the first Democrat to represent Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District in decades. Granted, Scholten had the advantage of a newly drawn district favoring Democrat, but she took no chances during the campaign and presented herself to voters as a “moderate,” using her Christian faith to explain some radical positions, especially on abortion.
One might assume her first week in Congress, Scholten would tread lightly, but that was not to be. In the same vein as her predecessor, Rep. Peter Meijer – who was defeated in the Republican primary for voting to impeach Trump – Scholten seemed eager as well to demonstrate her independence. (Why do these rogue actions always seem to benefit Democrats?)
After standing on the steps of the Capitol on January 6 with her fellow Democrats, trying again to convince Americans the protesters and trespassers
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