Dem Sen Blumenthal: Corker Is Saying What His GOP Colleagues ‘Are Thinking Out Loud’ in Private

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated that Senator Bob Corker’s (R-TN) criticisms of the president are what his Republican colleagues in the Senate say in private conversations.

Blumenthal said, “My private conversations very definitely support Senator Corker’s assessment. You know, Bob Corker is one of the most well-liked and respected senators on both sides of the aisle. What he is saying is what his Republican colleagues are thinking out loud in the privacy of conversations with me and others in places where they can express their thoughts freely. And their concern, indeed, fright, is not too strong a term, is reflected in those private conversations with a variety of colleagues on both sides of the aisle. They’re fearful about the president’s stability. They are apprehensive about the loose talk, impulsive and rash statements on Twitter and elsewhere. The kind of consequences that could result are extremely sobering for our men and women in uniform and for countless civilians on the south Korean Peninsula.”

He added that he thinks more Republicans in the Senate will be “emboldened” by Corker to speak out against Trump.

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