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    Corker: 'I stand by' my criticism of Trump

    Corker: 'I stand by' my criticism of Trump

    By Eli Watkins, CNN
    Updated 3:40 PM ET, Sun October 1, 2017


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    Corker criticized Trump in August
    He anticipated having a strong impact through the remainder of his term

    Washington (CNN)Outgoing Sen. Bob Corker slammed President Donald Trump after his handling of the racially motivated violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, and he's standing by those words.

    Days after Trump blamed "both sides" for the fatal violence, which blew up after white supremacists held a march to protest the city's planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, the Tennessee Republican didn't mince words.

    "The President has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability nor some of the competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful," he said.

    Asked about the remarks in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" that aired Sunday, Corker said he did not regret them.

    "I stand by those words," Corker told moderator Chuck Todd, adding that he visited the White House recently and spoke about it with Trump.

    "When I met with the President a week ago Friday, I said, 'Mr. President I stand by what I said,'" Corker said.
    Trump's response was "kind of humorous," Corker said, adding that he was able to explain what he meant.
    "In five minutes, we moved on," Corker said.

    In the interview, Corker praised the leadership of former Gen. John Kelly, who joined the White House as chief of staff in July. But the senator maintained that the President still has not shown the kind of stability he needs to show.

    Corker, who chairs the Foreign Relations Committee, said he has seen some changes in the way the White House is operating and praised Trump for changing his position on Afghanistan and committing the US to a troop increase there. He forecast that the US military would still be in the nation, which the US invaded in 2001 to oust the Taliban, well after he leaves Congress.

    "Are we likely to have troops in Afghanistan for the next decade? Sure," Corker said.

    Corker announced his retirement on Tuesday, which came as a blow to Senate Republican leadership and sets the stage for what could be a fierce primary race in Tennessee.

    Corker anticipated he would have a strong impact on US policy in his remaining months in office as the Republican Party seeks to push through major agenda items before the midterm elections.

    He pledged to take varying analysis in to consideration on the Republicans' proposed tax overhaul, but said he remains concerned about the national debt and would not sign onto a plan that would increase the nation's borrowing.

    "If it looks like to me, Chuck, we're adding one penny to the deficit, I am not going to be for it," Corker said.

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    Interesting isn't it, how a handful of "Senators" can split their little share of the pie and deny the American People good affordable health care, their liberty, and a booming economy with all the good jobs and higher wages that would generate over "process" and "one penny of deficit". Disgusting. This is the Swamp at work, Corker is just one from the R side of the SWAMP.
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    I do not want troops in Afghanistan for the next decade!

    16 years is enough...fight for your own damn country with your own blood and treasure!

    Where was your CRITICISM of Barry Sotero defending BLM, letting terrorists out of prison, the murder of our Police Officers in cold blood, pardoning criminals...who went and committed more crimes, clock boy, bringing ILLEGAL aliens into OUR White House, the "lost" Clinton emails, the 20 trillion in debt, Syria, ISIS and the line in the sand, lying about O'vomitcare, stealing BILLIONS out of our Social Security to fund the FAILED healthcare, the 150 BILLION dollars of cash on pallets to Iran, Benghazi, the invasion of our country and MS13 being BUSSED into our neighborhoods, Baltimore riots, Fergusson, plenty of criticism to go around Corker!

    RETIREMENT, THAT YOU DID NOT EARN, OFF THE BACKS OF AMERICANS WHO YOU DO NOT SUPPORT...DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON THE BEHIND ON YOUR WAY OUT...AND I HOPE YOU ARE FORCED ONTO THE SAME HORRIBLE HEALTHCARE YOU SHOVED DOWN THE AMERICAN CITIZENS THROATS.
    ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

    DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL

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