In North Dakota, Trump calls embattled Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp a 'good woman'
By Philip Rucker and Jenna Johnson September 6 at 6:38 PM
MANDAN, N.D. — A year from now, North Dakotans may be hearing these two words a lot: “Good woman.”
The man who uttered them was President Trump, who on Wednesday made his maiden trip to North Dakota as president to pitch his tax reform plan and, it turned out, compliment the state’s embattled Democratic senator, Heidi Heitkamp.
As the president mentioned the state’s elected officials, he invited Heitkamp to join the Republican lawmakers on stage with him. “Come on up, senator,” he said, motioning to Heitkamp. “These are great people. They work hard. They’re for you, 100 percent.”
As Heitkamp stepped onto an outdoor catwalk at an oil refinery here in Mandan to join him onstage, Trump delivered play-by-play commentary. “Everybody’s saying, ‘What’s she doing up here?’ ” Trump said. “But I’ll tell you what: Good woman.”
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