President Donald Trump huddled with House Republicans on Tuesday night, ostensibly to rally support for the compromise immigration bill being pushed for a vote Thursday by Speaker Paul Ryan and the rest of the GOP leadership team. But Trump had something else on his mind: Mark Sanford.
Trump asked whether the South Carolina Republican, who lost a primary last week largely due to his willingness to publicly criticize Trump, was in the room. Upon being told Sanford wasn't in attendance, Trump ran him down as a "nasty guy," according to sources in the room.
Trump asked whether the South Carolina Republican, who lost a primary last week largely due to his willingness to publicly criticize Trump, was in the room. Upon being told Sanford wasn't in attendance, Trump ran him down as a "nasty guy," according to sources in the room.
CNN
Now they need to stand up to the lying monster and take him down. Until then, I have no sympathy.
UPDATE:
Three House Republicans ripped President Donald Trump on Wednesday for saying that lawmakers laughed and applauded when he criticized Mark Sanford, a South Carolina Republican who lost his re-election bid after the president blasted him on Twitter hours before the polls closed last week in the state’s primary.
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Rep. Ryan Costello (R-Pa.) also denied Trump’s claim that Republicans were cheering about his Sanford comments at the GOP closed-door conference on Tuesday night.
“Categorically false,” Costello tweeted in response to the president’s post.
Costello announced earlier this year that he would not seek reelection, in large part because of the partisan political environment. He has also said that all he does “is answer questions about Donald Trump rather than health insurance or tax policy.”
Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.) told POLITICO on Wednesday that Trump’s tweet was wrong, and that there were “crickets” when he made the comment.
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Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) responded that that lawmakers were instead “disgusted.”
Politico
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