As if they were both reading from the same talking points, a U.S. House member and a U.S. Senate candidate both called on the Clinton Foundation to shut down.

Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva of Arizona told MSNBC today that because questions swirling around the foundation have become an “extraneous” issue, Hillary Clinton should “cut it off.”



“We’ve got to get rid of extraneous issues,” Grijalva said, “and if this foundation is an extraneous issue, that goes to the heart of whether it’s trust or transparency, then get rid of it because there is so much on the table right now for the American people and for the future of this nation that extraneous issues, such as a foundation, which uh, if that is something that should be cut off, then it should be cut off.”

“That’s a big statement from you,” host Tamron Hall replied. “We’ve heard very few supporters of Hillary Clinton” say such things, she added.

Meanwhile, Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold also called on the foundation to close, with a little more a caveat.

CBS 7 reports Feingold called Clinton “reliable and trustworthy,” but that if she’s elected president, “she may want to end the Clinton Foundation.”