We’ll see:
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) says his Republican colleagues’ growing frustration with President Donald Trump’s “misbehavior” could soon reach a fever pitch.
Whitehouse said Thursday that many GOP members of Congress are becoming “increasingly fed up” with the fallout created by ever-emerging scandals connected to the White House.
“The temperature is climbing in Congress among Republicans,” Whitehouse said during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “I think it’s getting ready to boil over.”
Whitehouse’s statement comes just days after a bombshell New York Times report revealing that Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., met with a Kremlin-linked lawyer in June 2016 in hopes of gaining oppositional research on then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
An email chain published by the Times on Tuesday showed Trump Jr. telling the Russian lawyer he would “love” to get dirt on Clinton. Their meeting was also attended by Jared Kushner, Trump’s adviser and son-in-law, and Paul Manafort, at the time Trump’s campaign manager.
The unconventional ― and potentially illegal ― meeting is only the latest scandal to plague the White House as several federal agencies investigate potential ties between Trump associates and Russian government officials during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
Many Republican lawmakers have either refused to comment on the Trump Jr. meeting or dismissed its significance, but some have expressed irritation.
One thing to do is to keep giving your GOP Senator (if you have one) Hell over Trump and Russia. Click here to contact your Senator and demand they do their job and have Donald Trump, Jr. face the Intelligence Committee.
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