GOP senators dismayed at Trump's criticism of DOJ officials

[Julian Englis]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)A group of Republican senators criticized President Donald Trump on Thursday, a day after the President rebuked top law enforcement officials in an interview with The New York Times.

"The attorney general is America's top law enforcement official," one GOP senator said. "It's unclear if he understands that, and that's pretty disturbing."

The senator was referring to Trump's comment in the Times' interview that he would not have hired Attorney General Jeff Sessions had he known Sessions would go on to recuse himself from investigations related to the 2016 campaign. The senator said Trump seemed to be thinking of the law enforcement heads as his personal employees.

"One gets the impression that the President doesn't understand or he willfully disregards the fact that the attorney general and law enforcement in general -- they are not his personal lawyers to defend and protect him," one GOP senator told CNN. "He has (his) own personal lawyers, and of course, the White House has the White House counsel's office."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/20/politics/gop-senators-donald-trump-doj/index.html

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Only four so far--and only Senator Collins allowed herself to be identified. And Senator Paul (Stupid, KY) supported Trump. Nevertheless, it's a start.

[Sneederbunk]

1. What are they going to do about it?

[Ligyron]

3. Nada

yet...

[dbackjon]

8. Yet all of them still voted to confirm the repugnant John Bush

Any Republican is worthless

[TeapotInATempest]

2. Dismayed, disturbed, concerned - they keep using these words

I don't care how they feel. I want to know what they're going to DO about it.

[flibbitygiblets]

19. Nothing at all-this is their way of pretending to do something. We have to call them on it.

"What are you going to DO about it?"

[kimbutgar]

4. Those rethugs will go down with the sinking ship thump.

Party over country. They just don't want to admit the obvious that thump is insane and is Putin's puppet installed to take down our country.

[marylandblue]

5. It's nothing

They've been "dismayed" at Trump for a year now, and they have done nothing. I won't be impressed until they are completely flabbergasted. Maybe then they would consider a Joint Resolution of Mild Rebuke.

[chaplain_M]

20. Or a Strongly Worded Letter eom

[Doug the Dem]

6. "Nobody...is Afraid of Donald Trump"

Awww!

[dalton99a]

7. One of these days they might find it troubling

They might even say "We find it troubling, indeed"

[Still In Wisconsin]

9. Sounds like it's time for the dreaded STRONGLY WORDED LETTER!

That oughta do it!

[BumRushDaShow]

10. "It's unclear if he understands that"

When the hell are you GOPers going get it that he doesn't CARE. If something pisses him off, he goes into a meltdown, complete with a full-blown 3 year old child's temper tantrum. And he has been allowed to behave like that through his now-70 years of life.

[janx]

17. Oh I think they get it.

They are in denial and don't want to admit it, maybe, but they get it. The only GOP senator that is not afraid to admit it is McCain, from what I've read.

[beachbum bob]

11. The dismay is from being back into a corner where they will have to make

A choice between rule of law or ridding our country of their blight in the whitehouse

[mr_lebowski]

22. You forgot 'party fealty' ... the 2 options you presented are really the same side, just sayin'

[riversedge]

12. "It would be catastrophic if the President were to fire the special counsel." - Sen. Susan Collins

Barbara Ringel Retweeted
Noah Rothman?Verified account @NoahCRothman 1h1 hour ago

"It would be catastrophic if the President were to fire the special counsel." - Sen. Susan Collins

Link to tweet

[Earth Bound Misfit]

13. Their "concern" is duly noted.

[Jimbo101]

14. first they were "concerned"

then "disturbed"

Today "Deeply Alarmed" and "Dismayed"

maybe they could come with a color chart

[bucolic_frolic]

15. They don't get it

anyone who won't do what Trump wants is a bad person in Trump's mind.

[Sunlei]

16. Why did the Republican party support him for president?They KNEW his character more then ANY citizen

Hid his character from their own voters.

[old guy]

18. The only thing that will wake these imbeciles

is if the voters go against them. I will not hold my breath.

[mr_lebowski]

23. And well you shouldn't. Cause Breitbart will tell them the GoP HAS to kowtow to Soros ...

You know, the all-powerful God-like foreigner ... who's like 87 years old ... and is only like the 25th richest person in the world ... The GOP has to honor his wishes, that's all.

Nevermind that their Heroes the Koch Brothers, who's wealth when COMBINED ... CONSTITUTES the RICHEST PERSON IN THE FUCKING WORLD ... and Dog only knows how much the Mercers have ... they aren't telling.

Somehow, in the narrative they're fed ... George Soros (Magic Jew that he is) ... a man who is (as mentioned) is not an American, who has no 'ALEC' at his disposal, who's FAMILY didn't create the John Birch Society nor any other major think-tank in the USA ... and who has like 1/20th of the combined Koch Brothers wealth ... a man who owns a trivial amount of 'stateside property' and employs almost nobody in this country ... is magically OMNIPOTENT in the USA.

So MAGIC is this wizard, that he can effortlessly thwart the collective will of The Koch's ... (who are the Richest Person In The World, combined, did I mention?) + 1000's of Right-Wing Think Tanks with BILLIONS at their disposal, nurtured by the US's 1% for 50 + years.

The poor ,hapless GOP ... they are powerless to push back against ... The Soros Agenda!!! DUMDUMDUMMMMMMB!

I mean, sure, lined up against Soros are actual Americans, billionaires that own massive industries (not even just fossil fuels ... try buying toilet paper or paper towels not made by a Koch company sometime!) ... but they are helpless against TEH MAGIC GLOBALIST JEW POWERS of Soros. OH, and DID I SAY HILLARY!!!1!!

What can they do against a man who controls the Universe, basically ... AND the entire Democratic Establishment, and the Entire Scientific Community, AND the Liberal Jewish Media .. etc, etc, etc?

Alex Jones doth spake this unto us ... ergo thusly it is written, Soros' Will Be Done, yay verily ... unto therefore forever amen ...

[Skittles]

21. oh dear, they are DISMAYED!

whatever will they DO!!!