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Majority of GOP senators silent amid Corker-Trump feud

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to the Sevier County Chamber of Commerce in Sevierville, Tenn. Always one to speak his mind, Corker’s new free agent status should make President Donald Trump and the GOP very nervous. The two-term Tennessee Republican isn’t seeking re-election. And that gives him even more elbow room to say what he wants and vote how he pleases over the next 15 months as Trump and the party’s top leaders on Capitol Hill struggle to get their agenda on trackCORRECTS LAST NAME OF FARMER TO BACH - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., talks to Kentucky farmer Mike Bach at Mahan Farms in Paris, Ky, Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. Sen. Bob Corker is hardly the only Republican lambasting Donald Trump and raising dark concerns about harm the president might cause the U.S. and the world - he just the only one doing do in public. McConnell who’s also been the target of Trump’s attacks after the Senate’s failure to pass health care legislation, didn’t directly answer when asked at an event in Hazard, Kentucky, whether he shared Corker’s sentiments.
Sen. Bob Corker is hardly the only Republican lawmaker raising dark concerns about harm President Donald Trump might cause the U.S. and the world. But he's one of the few willing to air those worries in public.
Most GOP senators were silent Monday, a day after Corker charged that the White House was an "adult day care" and Trump could set the nation "on the path to World War III."
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley says both Trump and Corker should "cool it."
FILE - In this June 22, 2017, file photo, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., walks to the floor for votes at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2017. Sen. Bob Corker is hardly the only Republican lambasting Donald Trump and raising dark concerns about harm the president might cause the U.S. and the world. He’s just the only one who’s sounding off in public. A couple Republican senators who did have something to say on Oct, 9 aligned themselves with Trump, not Corker. Daines “has confidence in the president,” his office said.Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is wagging a finger at his tweet-feuding Senate colleague Bob Corker and President Donald Trump, but calling out Trump to set the tone.
Grassley was asked if the personal exchange between Corker of Tennessee and Trump was good for Republicans. He says, "I don't see how it's productive."
"I think that two words would kind of answer your question from my point of view: Cool it," Grassley said. "And I think it would help if the president would be the first to cool it."
Trump and Corker went at it on Twitter Sunday, with Trump saying the retiring Corker "didn't have the guts" to run for a third term. Corker responded by saying, "it's a shame the White House has become an adult day care center."
Sen. Bob Corker is hardly the only Republican lambasting Donald Trump and raising dark concerns about harm the president might cause the U.S. and the world.
He's just the only one who's sounding off in public.
When Corker charged that Trump could set the nation "on the path to World War III," he gave voice to concerns that circulate widely on Capitol Hill about an unpredictable president whose tendency to personalize every issue creates risks for the nation.
But Trump's enduring popularity with a segment of the GOP base serves as a political muzzle that keeps most elected Republicans from saying anything similar, even those who believe it to be true.
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