Republicans to Trump and Corker: Please just stop
Source: Politico
'Weve got so many other things that we need to be focusing on right now,' one GOP senator says of the growing nastiness.
By BURGESS EVERETT 10/10/2017 01:36 PM EDT
Senate Republicans are imploring President Donald Trump and Sen. Bob Corker to end their increasingly ugly feud, fretting that it's threatening to further hobble the party's flagging agenda. But the tit-for-tat has shown no sign of abating.
On Tuesday, Trump took to Twitter to lambaste "Liddle Bob Corker," after the Tennessee Republican said he worried that Trumps belligerent foreign policy rhetoric could ignite "World War III." Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon called on Corker to resign, while House Budget Chairman Diane Black (R-Tenn.) took Trumps side over her home state colleague.
The standoff has Senate Republicans forced to choose between a senior senator and the president of their own party. And it's exacerbating the perception of Republican dysfunction, at a time that the party's agenda is stalled on Capitol Hill and a slate of outsiders is threatening primaries against GOP incumbents. The Corker-Trump tussle has been playing out for months, but it ratcheted up after Corker announced his retirement two weeks ago.
Trump needs to stop. But I wish Bob would stop too. Just stop, said Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) in an interview Tuesday. "Weve got so many other things that we need to be focusing on right now. We need to look ahead, not reflect on anything thats been done or said in the past.past.
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truthisfreedom
(23,169 posts)Is he out of adjectives?
Irish_Dem
(48,097 posts)underpants
(183,043 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,150 posts)if his party doesnt do something and NOW!
Jesus fucking christ, is there a patriot in the GOP other than Corker?
reflection
(6,286 posts)"Stop pointing out the fact that we have an unhinged, infantile madman in the White House who will start a war that will destory humanity! We need to work on our agenda!"
Grammy23
(5,815 posts)We are talking life and death here. Do these Republican Congress critters not get that? If that is the case, we are in much deeper doo doo than any of us dreamed. At least Corker had had enough of tRumps games and threats and found the cajones to speak up. The rest of the Congress who are not willing to take a stand are telegraphing loud and clear where they stand.
madaboutharry
(40,247 posts)that the president is mentally and emotionally unfit to serve.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)trump has had an itch ever since kelly put him in time out. He has not been able to scratch it and nastiness is part of his being. You KNOW he has been goimg through withdrawals. I am sure this little tit4tat is giving him a semblance of normalcy. He won't give it up anytime soon. He will drag this out.
genxlib
(5,547 posts)It is pretty clear that he has been liberated by his decision not to run again. He has no f's left to give.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)It has only just begun and will get worse while dragging us with them. Get t-rump/pence and also gawd awful administration and political out (or restructure).
NCjack
(10,279 posts)deurbano
(2,896 posts)I know Republicans have remarkably short attention spans, but still...
karynnj
(59,511 posts)diplomacy to be something they never want to be caught doing. He was saying that we could be running towards WWIII.
Judi Lynn
(160,682 posts)Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)It's like kids feuding in the back seat of the car on vacation. Corker should know that he's dealing with an infantile, narcissistic, egomaniac. Stop the twitter war and start impeachment proceedings!