Lynn Jenkins
GOP Rep Laughs at Uninsured Constituent
Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kans.), fresh off the “Great White Hope” controversy of last week, can be seen in this video talking down a woman named Elizabeth Smith who, according to The Associated Press, couldn’t afford insurance for her son. At 1:47, Jenkins takes her question and, sort of jarringly, laughs at it.
SMITH: I want an [...]
An Obama Birther for Kansas Secretary of State?
At a Saturday barbecue for the Leavenworth County, Kans., Republican Party, former Bush administration lawyer and current secretary of state candidate Kris Kobach made the case for stricter voter ID laws by questioning the citizenship of President Obama.
A professor of law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kobach kept the mood light with a political [...]
Admitting Defeat (Sort Of)
Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kans.) gets to deliver this week’s Republican weekly address, which includes this line:
While, like most of you, I like the President personally, I think the Democrats’ first 100 days running Washington can be summed up in three words: spending, taxing, and borrowing.
It’s really something for the opposition party to admit that voters [...]
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