After failing to vote to condemn President Trump’s racist tweet, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, claimed she will be sending a letter to Trump explaining why she believes his language was “harmful.” Will she make this letter public? Or does she so fear Trump’s wrath that she will compound her demonstrated cowardice by simply assuring us that the letter did indeed sternly and powerfully rebuke the president?
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Letter: Herrera Beutler should speak up
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