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Hanna referred specifically to a controversial letter sent to the State Department by Rep. Michele Bachmann Michele Marie BachmannEvangelicals shouldn't be defending Trump in tiff over editorial Mellman: The 'lane theory' is the wrong lane to be in White House backs Stephen Miller amid white nationalist allegations MORE (R-Minn.) and four others earlier this month that warned of possible influence exerted on the agency by the Muslim Brotherhood. The letter made allegations about the connections between the Islamist group and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonOvernight Defense: Government funding bill butts up against deadline | Pentagon reports eighth military COVID-19 death | Trump, Pentagon collide over anti-diversity training push Voters split on whether Trump, Biden will win first debate: poll New Monmouth poll finds Biden with 6-point lead MORE’s deputy chief of staff. The State Department and the secretary rejected the accusations.



“We render ourselves incapable of governing when all we do is take severe sides,” he said. “I have to say that I’m frustrated by how much we — I mean the Republican Party — are willing to give deferential treatment to our extremes in this moment in history.”



Rep. Jim McDermott James (Jim) Adelbert McDermottSondland has 'no intention of resigning,' associate says Three women accuse Gordon Sondland of sexual misconduct Portland hotel chain founded by Trump ambassador says boycott is attack on employees MORE (D-Wash.) on Tuesday tweeted that he agreed with the freshman Republican that the “current House GOP majority [is] ‘incapable of governing.’”



“Does this count as bipartisan?” McDermott asked of the tweet.

In a subsequent tweet, he invited Hanna to switch parties.

Hanna demonstrated similar disenchantment with his own party at a rally for the Equal Rights Amendment last March, where he urged attendees to give money to Democrats in order to send a message to the GOP about female voters.

