Trump brands Sen. Heitkamp 'liberal Democrat,' but she's not
FARGO, N.D. — President Donald Trump has urged North Dakota voters to defeat "liberal Democrat" Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, although she is a moderate who strays at times from Democratic positions.
Heitkamp is one of the Senate's most vulnerable Democrats seeking re-election, so she is firmly in Republican sights looking toward November.
At an appearance Wednesday, Trump called for the election of Republican U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer, one of his staunchest allies in Congress.
"When Heidi ran for office, she promised to be an independent vote for the people of North Dakota," Trump said to an arena packed with thousands of cheering supporters in Fargo. "Instead, she went to Washington and immediately joined Chuck ... and Nancy," a reference to Democratic congressional leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
But Heitkamp is considered a moderate and one of the least reliably partisan Democratic votes in the Senate. She's largely backed the oil-rich state's corporate interests on energy and has opposed some restrictions on guns. She voted to confirm 21 of Trump's 26 Cabinet-level nominations.
The president, however, noted Heitkamp's votes against tax cuts he signed into law in December as well as the GOP's long-sought goal to undo the health care program enacted by President Barack Obama.
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