Young Knows The Way To Your Heart

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Rep. Don Young (R-AK) reached out to his constituents yesterday day via a salmon bake where hundreds of Anchorage residents lined up for free food. A few dozen protesters gathered at the event.

Thanks to reader Dennis Zaki of AlaskaReport.com for sending us some photos of the event.

All the while, a small but loud cluster of protesters chanted slogans at Young from a few feet away. Young, standing in front of watermelon slices and hamburger plates, ignored some of the taunts and danced along with others.

“FBI! FBI!” the protesters yelled.

Young smiled and did a little dance, shaking his hips and pumping his arms. “They’ll never get the best of me,” he said at one point to a supporter who was making his way through the line.

One of the grills, fittingly enough, was brandished with the Veco logo. Young is under criminal federal investigation for his ties to the oil services company, whose former CEO Bill Allen pleaded guilty to federal bribery and conspiracy charges this spring. Last week Young held his annual pig roast fundraiser, which Allen usually hosts, but was put on by former Gov. Bill Sheffield instead.

Young attended the salmon bake, but didn’t give a press conference or a speech.

Reporters stood among the supporters and protesters, shouting questions:

Congressman Young, what do you think of all this?

“I love it! I love America!” Young replied.

Congressman Young, have you done anything wrong?

“The Lord is with me,” he said.

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