House GOPer: Trusting Obama on border security is like trusting Clinton with your daughter

"We just don't trust him," said Rep. Tim Huelskamp

Published July 11, 2013 1:30PM (EDT)

Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kansas     (AP/John Hanna)
Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kansas (AP/John Hanna)

Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., doesn't think House Republicans should trust Obama on border security, because doing that would be like "trusting Bill Clinton with your daughter."

He tweeted:

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"Trusting Barack Obama with border security is like trusting my daughter with Bill Clinton," he repeated to NBC News. "We just don't trust him."

 


By Jillian Rayfield

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