Walt Minnick takes office in D.C.

SummerWinds Garden Centers’ founder Walt Minnick was sworn in as a congressman on Jan. 6, and the national media is already taking note.

Columnist David S. Broder of The Washington Post dedicated an article to Minnick. Minnick’s record as an aide in the Nixon White House and his business experience combined with his late-in-life switch to the Democratic Party intrigue Broder.

In an article about the freshman class of congressmen, The New York Times mentioned Minnick first and speculated that his conservative leanings may be emblematic of a shift in the Democratic Party as a whole. Fox News, meanwhile, ran a piece about the cheerful chaos congressional offspring brought to the swearing in ceremony, including the anchor anecdote about Minnick’s son and daughter gathering signatures from members of Congress for a hand-written excuse for missing school.

Minnick’s hometown press in Idaho is naturally covering him closely, including an article that detailed his small D.C. apartment and his daughter’s comments about the swearing in ceremony.

-- Carol

Comments

[greg draiss]

As long as Pelosi, Schumer, Boxer, Kennedy and Ragall are in cohoots the party will stay to the far left.

Hats off to Mr. Minnick

Greg Draiss