Will Republicans eventually break Trump?

Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis after President Donald Trump’s behavior after the assassination of police officer George Floyd, Alaska Senate Republican Lisa Murkowski and his Republican colleagues have long questioned the president’s leadership. Chris Cillizza explains why this moment is so important.

SOURCES AND MORE READING:
Mattis Trump is silent: “We are having the consequences of three years without a goal”
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/03/politics/mattis-statement-trump/index.html

The GOP senator said he is “fighting” to see if he supports Trump
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/04/politics/lisa-murkowski-mattis-trump-reaction/index.html

Republican senators dismiss Mattis’ criticism of Trump: “It’s his opinion.”
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/politics/republican-senators-reaction-mattis/index.html

Flake has announced his retirement as Trump has complained
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/24/flake-retiring-after-2018-244114

Critic Justin Amash Trump has left the Republican Party
http://cnn.com/2019/07/04/politics/justin-amash-leaving-gop/index.html

Graham has appeared to contradict himself with Trump’s ‘kook’ jab https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/11/30/lindsey-graham-trump-kook-comment-lead.cnn
Lindsey Graham in 2016: Trump’s A “Kook”. Lindsey Graham in 2017: Why is the media labeling Trump “Kook”
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tomnamako/kook

Rand Paul: Trump’s orange-wind bag
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/267039-rand-trump-is-an-orange-faced-windbag

“Donald Trump is a delusional narcissistic bag with an orange wind”: Rand Paul tells Wilmore what he really thinks
https://www.salon.com/2016/01/26/donald_trump_is_a_delusional_narcissist_and_an_orange_faced_windbag_rand_paul_tells_wilmore_what_he_really_thinks/

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