Republicans Urge Embattled Incumbents to Speak Out on Trump
Looks like we will see some criticism of Trump by certain Repugs.
Republicans Urge Embattled Incumbents to Speak Out on Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/us/politics/trump-cohen-impeachment.html?action=click&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=Article®ion=Footer&contentCollection=Politics
By Jonathan Martin and Nicholas Fandos
Aug. 22, 2018
WASHINGTON — Senior Republican Party leaders began urging their most imperiled incumbents on Wednesday to speak out about the wrongdoing surrounding President Trump, with Representative Tom Cole, a former House Republican campaign chairman, warning, “Where there’s smoke, and there’s a lot of smoke, there may well be fire.”
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By urging some candidates to speak out or at least stay silent, Republican leaders who gravely fear losing control of the House risked opening the first significant rift between the Trump White House and the Republican-controlled Capitol.
“Anybody who says this is not disturbing is not being honest,” said Mr. Cole, an Oklahoman and the former head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, adding, “so my advice to any candidate would be: Keep your powder dry and don’t rush to attack or defend anybody because you just don’t know enough to have a reaction that you can still defend three months from now.”
On cue, Representative Carlos Curbelo, Republican of Florida, called the accumulation of Trump-related scandals a “sad chapter in our country’s politics” and said that “no one is above the law.” Mr. Curbelo, in a tough re-election fight, also reproached the president for his caustic attacks on the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III.
“He’s making a major mistake by attacking the Mueller probe in such a personal way,” said Mr. Curbelo, who represents a district that Hillary Clinton won handily in 2016. “The best thing for everyone, especially if the White House is so confident that the president will be absolved in this process, is to let the process continue.”...........................................
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Representative Carlos Curbelo, Republican of Florida, “sad chapter in our country’s politics” and said that “no one is above the law.”
