Congressman comes to Hermosa Beach to talk Trump and more
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance), center, and Mayor Hany Fangary hold a photo of the Hermosa Beach Pier by local lensman Brent Broza, as local political buffs gathered to hear Lieu speak. Photo As the results started rolling in on Election Night, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) was deeply disappointed to see Donald Trump unexpectedly surge ahead and claim victory in the Electoral College. But while Lieu — who cruised to reelection on Nov. 8, nearly doubling the vote tally of his Republican opponent Kenneth Wright — intends to remain vigilant about overreach by a Trump administration, he’s not all doom and gloom. Lieu appeared at Hermosa Beach City Hall Saturday, as the special guest at Mayor Hany Fangary’s monthly Community First Meeting. The congressman said that the president elect’s capacity to cause harm would be limited by constitutional features of U.S. government, like separation of powers and federalism, and by Trump’s own volatile personality. “We’ll see what he does. I don’t know what he’s going to do. I don’t know if he even knows what he’s going to do,” Lieu said of Trump. Throughout the event, Lieu was by turns knowledgeable and humble, expounding on topics on which he has…
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