California Republican compliments Trump by calling him 'an a--hole'

Duncan Hunter.
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Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) mooned over President Trump to a private group of Republicans on Friday, choosing unconventional words to butter up the commander in chief, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported:

Hunter, one of Donald Trump's first allies in Congress, described the president in profane terms to a group of Republicans on Friday, but also touted the president as their champion.

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Kimberly Alters

Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.