Republicans Start Coming Out of the Closet to Criticize Trump. One Surprise is Sen. Ron Johnson!
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)
Johnson said, "I hope and pray" Trump is "using this as bluster."
"I do not want to see us start blowing up civilian infrastructure ... We are not at war with the Iranian people. We are trying to liberate them," Johnson, a Trump ally who rarely breaks with the president, said on the "John Solomon Reports" podcast out on Monday.
Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-TX)
Moran said in a post on X that he does not support "the destruction of a 'whole civilization'" -- a reference to Trump's social media post on Tuesday in which he threatened that a "whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again" although he said "I don't want that to happen."
"That is not who we are, and it is not consistent with the principles that have long guided America," Moran wrote.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Murkowski also rejected Trump's threat in a post on X, calling his rhetoric "an affront to the ideals our nation" that "undermines our long-standing role as a global beacon of freedom and directly endangers Americans both abroad and at home."
Former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)
Greene reacted to Trump's Tuesday morning post, mentioning the 25th Amendment -- a potential vehicle for removing the president from office.
"We cannot kill an entire civilization," Greene said. "This is evil and madness."
At least two Republicans, Reps. Lauren Boebert (Colo.) and Nancy Mace (S.C.), have also publicly balked at a $200 billion supplemental funding request from the Pentagon, and several others have suggested Congress may need to intervene if the conflict goes beyond 60 days.
Johnson said, "I hope and pray" Trump is "using this as bluster."
"I do not want to see us start blowing up civilian infrastructure ... We are not at war with the Iranian people. We are trying to liberate them," Johnson, a Trump ally who rarely breaks with the president, said on the "John Solomon Reports" podcast out on Monday.
Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-TX)
Moran said in a post on X that he does not support "the destruction of a 'whole civilization'" -- a reference to Trump's social media post on Tuesday in which he threatened that a "whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again" although he said "I don't want that to happen."
"That is not who we are, and it is not consistent with the principles that have long guided America," Moran wrote.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Murkowski also rejected Trump's threat in a post on X, calling his rhetoric "an affront to the ideals our nation" that "undermines our long-standing role as a global beacon of freedom and directly endangers Americans both abroad and at home."
Former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)
Greene reacted to Trump's Tuesday morning post, mentioning the 25th Amendment -- a potential vehicle for removing the president from office.
"We cannot kill an entire civilization," Greene said. "This is evil and madness."
At least two Republicans, Reps. Lauren Boebert (Colo.) and Nancy Mace (S.C.), have also publicly balked at a $200 billion supplemental funding request from the Pentagon, and several others have suggested Congress may need to intervene if the conflict goes beyond 60 days.
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