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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue May 16, 2017, 09:18 PM May 2017

Senate Republicans have no idea how to continue to cover up for the president.

In the wake of revelations that President Donald Trump had shared highly classified information in a meeting with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador, Sen. Bob Corker made a splash on Monday afternoon when he stated that the White House was in a “downward spiral.” The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee made clear on Tuesday that he had expressed this concern “very directly” to the “principals” at the White House, too. He was then asked, as many senators were on the day after the Russia revelation, whether he had faith in President Trump’s ability to handle classified information.

Corker paused, shrugged, and said, “sure.” It was less than convincing.

Still, it was more of a direct answer than Sen. John Thune would give reporters following the Republicans’ caucus lunch. Does he trust the president to handle classified information, like the highly sensitive intelligence he was blabbing to the Russians?

“We’re getting more information,” he responded. “I think there’s some questions the White House needs to answer about what happened at that particular meeting.”

Another reporter in the huddle followed up, restating the question: Do you trust him to handle sensitive, classified information?

“Well, I think the president is the commander in chief; he decides what is classified information and what is not,” Thune said, still not answering. “And I think most of us fully admit we all make mistakes, obviously.” Who among us hasn’t revealed closely held intelligence secrets, provided by our close ally, to a chief adversary, so as to impress them? Mistakes are made.

Senate Republicans are past the point where they feel confident covering up for President Trump, touting the White House line and saying everything is just fine, nothing to see here. It is no longer tenable. They acknowledge that something is wrong here that needs to be fixed. They’re just not quite willing to say that the problem is President Trump, as it obviously is.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/05/senate_republicans_have_no_idea_how_to_continue_to_defend_donald_trump.html

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