AP cites Brewer in coverage of Sen. King’s congressional hearing comments
Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was cited in an Associated Press report on Sen. Angus King’s comments during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington. A day before former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony, King captured attention for a barb aimed at Michael Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, who said he didn’t feel it would be appropriate to answer questions about his conversations with the president, according to the article. “What you ‘feel’ isn’t relevant, admiral,” King said. Back in Maine, King is well-known as a popular folksy former two-term governor, the AP reported. On the national stage, King isn’t as well-known as Republican Susan Collins, so his performance at the hearing that was carried live on several TV networks likely lifted his national profile, Brewer said. U.S. News & World Report, Seacoast Online and Newsradio WGAN carried the AP report.