GOP Strategist Defends ‘Un-American’ Comment

GOP strategist Stu Sandler is standing by his comments caught on microphone Saturday after Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Trott’s spirited town hall in Novi, where the congressman was repeatedly booed by a crowd that included activists from the Indivisible liberal group. The boos in question came as Trott responded to a question from an audience member, who asked why it was necessary to make “so many cuts” in other areas of the budget to fund the military. It was an apparent reference to President Donald Trump’s budget plan, which would boost military spending by $54 billion and cut domestic agencies by a similar amount. Conyers would fund the bill by taxing corporate incomes earned abroad through a process typically referred to as repatriation. Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Southfield, is a co-sponsor.