Rep. Stephen Lynch Turns Down White House Invite

WASHINGTON, DC — Representative Stephen F. Lynch will not meet with President Donald Trump’s top congressional aides despite receiving an invitation to visit the White House.

The Massachusetts Democrat told the Boston Globe that he sees little benefit in cooperating with a White House he sees as extreme.

“They said they were looking for ‘moderate’ Democrats – which I am. But under the circumstances I felt like they were trying to divide our party so I declined the invitation," he said in a statement to the paper.

Lynch received the invite from Maine Republican Representative Bruce Poliquin, who said the White House wanted to meet with moderate Democrats.

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