Hirono electrifies left as Trump antagonist
By Jordain Carney - 05/04/19 05:48 AM EDT
In a chamber packed with loud personalities, Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) is not the obvious pick to be a pillar of resistance to the Trump administration.
She’s not running for president. She’s petite, generally unassuming and for years had a reputation among reporters for refusing to talk in the Capitol.
She is, in the words of her colleagues, a “workhorse.â€
But Hirono, 71, has emerged as an electrifying force for progressives as they battle with President Trump on various fronts: judicial nominations, immigration, and the feud over special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe and subsequent report.
“Trump is a major motivation to be speaking out because I so disagree with some of the things that he decides on, and you notice there’s a lawsuit on just about everything he does? My gosh,†Hirono told The Hill.
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