Republicans dumbfounded by Trump's calls for harsh retribution against Democratic lawmakers [View all]

President Trump’s heated rhetorical attacks on Democratic lawmakers, whom he called out as “traitors” who deserve to be jailed, have left his Republican allies in Washington dumbfounded and skeptical about any bipartisan dealmaking at the end of 2025.

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday that Trump labeling his political opponents as traitors was “reckless” and “irresponsible.”

“If you take it at face value, the idea that calling your opponents ‘traitors’ — and then specifically saying that it warrants the death penalty — is reckless, inappropriate, irresponsible,” Paul told CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

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Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) furrowed her brow incredulously when a reporter last week described to her Trump’s comments on Truth Social, in which he accused Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and a group of House Democrats of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republicans-dumbfounded-trump-calls-harsh-110000063.html

Most of them will fall in line.