Jim Oberweis Press Release

Subject: From Chicago Tribune May 29

Also, in her first short months in office, Underwood has decided to follow the Democrat playbook. She also has the most liberal voting record in the House, according to VoteView, a project of UCLA political scientists who track the ideological voting records of members of Congress. She also has run into the same problem other members of her freshmen class have documented: Foot-in-mouth disease.

Like during the hearing last week before the House Homeland Security Committee when she blamed the immigration policies of the Trump administration for causing the deaths of five migrant children at border detention centers. According to the report by The Associated Press, the hearing became heated as Underwood verbally dueled with Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan.

She termed Trump’s policy intentionally “inhumane,” according to the AP, which McAleenan said was an “appalling accusation.” Republicans were livid at Underwood and somehow got members of a Democrat-controlled committee to admonish the rookie lawmaker.

The AP reported her statement was stricken from the session’s record and she was banned from talking during the rest of the hearing. Could Underwood be more worried about the health of those wanting to get in the country than she is about the health of 14th District constituents already here?

While that may be an unfair characterization, you can bet the committee exchange will surface during her re-election battle next year. Already, a number of Republican opponents have surfaced, and there will be more to duke it out in the March GOP primary hoping to square off with Underwood in November 2020.