Young doesn’t see GOP as a rubber stamp of Trump’s ideas

U.S. Rep. Don Young says there are similarities between the election of Donald Trump and the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan, which he says came during a period of “malaise” when people lacked hope and wanted change.

Young is the longest-serving Republican in the House and Trump’s administration will be the ninth he’s served alongside.

Young distanced himself from Trump during the campaign and acknowledged he was surprised by Trump’s victory, as he was with Reagan’s.

But Young says he doesn’t share the fears that others have about a Trump presidency.

In an interview with The Associated Press, he says he sees an opportunity for Republicans to advance their agenda and address issues such as health care and burdensome regulations.

And he doesn’t see Republicans merely rubber stamping Trump’s ideas.

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