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Rep. Don Young: Wolves would solve homelessness

By Colby Ithowitz

March 5, 2015--Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) suggested Thursday that if he let loose wolves in some congressional districts, they “wouldn’t have a homeless problem anymore.” (House Committee on Natural Resources) 

The strange comment was made during a halting five-minute exchange with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell during a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on her agency’s budget.

He accused her and her department of making decisions without consulting the states they’d affect.

Young, who supports taking gray wolves off the endangered species list, mocked a letter 79 members of Congress sent urging Jewell to protect the gray wolf population. (In Alaska, for what it’s worth, you can hunt wolves.)

“How many of you have got wolves in your district?” he asked.

“None. None. Not one.”

“They haven’t got a damn wolf in their whole district,” Young continued.

“I’d like to introduce them in your district.

If I introduced them in your district, you wouldn’t have a homeless problem anymore.”

We sought clarification to ensure we heard correctly.

A spokesman for Young said the “analogy was purposely hyperbolic to stress the point that these predators pose serious threats to wildlife management and their listing has damaging impacts to local communities.”

Oh, look--it's multi-millionaire minister Phil Robertson from Duck Dynasty

Dear MoveOn member, 

Last week in Chicago, a grassroots candidate named Jesús "Chuy" García defied the odds (and millions of Wall Street dollars) by forcing Mayor Rahm Emanuel into the first runoff election in Chicago's history. 

And then the nation took notice. Last week was full of headlines like: 

• "Rahm Emanuel besieged by the left" ¹
• "Garcia vs. Emanuel could be proxy for fight within national party"²
• "Progressives Celebrate Rahm Emanuel's Surprise Setback in Chicago"³

Here's how former White House aide Bill Curry put it in Salon:

A Garcia victory would be a historic watershed not just for Chicago or for Democrats but for all progressives. It wouldn't just frighten the Wall Street Dems who now reign over their national party. It would alter the terms of debate even beyond the party and prove, to cynics and to ourselves, that the power of ideas is still greater than the power of money and that grass-roots politics is not dead.⁴

While many MoveOn members have already contributed time and money to this race, we know that many people are just now learning what's at stake in this election—so, together with our allies at the Working Families Party, we are hosting a national strategy call with Chuy García himself this Monday, March 9, at 8 p.m. ET (7 CT/6 MT/5 PT).

Will you join me on a national call this Monday to hear from progressive champion Chuy García about his exciting campaign to take down "Mayor 1%" Rahm Emanuel? 

Yes, I'll be there.

I can't make it Monday, but I'll chip in $3 to Chuy García's grassroots campaign.

MoveOn members in Chicago voted to make García our first endorsement of 2015, and have been working their hearts out for him ever since. Now the latest polls are showing the race to be neck and neck ahead of the runoff election just four weeks from now.

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