Colorado Dem Manny Rutinel Claimed To Be a 'First Responder' After Hurricane Maria. He Worked on Spreadsheets.

The Democratic nominee in Colorado's competitive Eighth Congressional District, Manny Rutinel, routinely boasts that he was a "first responder" in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. But he wasn't treating critical wounds or rushing people to the hospital—he was sitting at a desk and working on spreadsheets. Rutinel's campaign website says he "served as an economist for the US