It’s turning into an endless cycle: Donald Trump says a thing and Republican lawmakers are asked to respond. Because the thing Trump said is always outrageous and he is the effective leader of their party, so members of Congress and other top Republicans probably should have thoughts about it. But that doesn’t mean they like it, not one bit:
Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, who’s helming the GOP effort to keep control of the Senate, also declined to comment. “I'm not gonna make a career out of responding to every comment and every tweet,” he told reporters after a leadership meeting.
Poor babies. Your voters nominated this guy after years of hearing you campaign on just slightly more veiled versions of the same stuff Trump is promoting, and now you have to decide whether to admit that yes, this was the Republican agenda all along or risk angering your base by denying the truth. Most recently, Republicans are trying not to respond too honestly to Trump’s dangerous blathering about terrorism following the Orlando shootings:
“Saying nothing would have been better,” said one member of the Republican National Committee. “Every Senate candidate will be forced to answer for Trump's bizarre response. ... His lack of empathy is jarring.”
Well, your party’s lack of empathy has been jarring for a long time. You’re just sad that it’s out in the open now.