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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/08/17/bob-corker-trump-has-not-shown-competence-needed-lead/577328001/

Sen. Bob Corker delivered his harshest criticism of President Trump yet, telling an audience in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Thursday that Trump has not shown the competence that is needed to lead the nation.

"The president has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability, nor some of the competence, that he needs to demonstrate in order for him to be successful — and our nation and our world needs for him to be successful, whether you are Republican or Democrat," the Tennessee Republican said at a Rotary Club meeting in Chattanooga, according to local news reports.

Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he fears the nation will be in peril unless Trump makes radical changes at the White House.

Trump "recently has not demonstrated that he understands the character of our nation — what has made it great and what it is today," Corker told reporters following his luncheon address.

Could this be the first ripple in the GOP pond?

 

[soundtest]

Trump is going to tweet him so hard

 

[poppedcollar69]

What's a repsen

 

[Vicetrailia]

It's called getting a new president.

 

[Damaniel]

Doesn't mean shit until Republicans start calling for impeachment.

 

[Makonero]

all these concerns and denouncements sure are gonna make me feel safe at night knowing that no practical steps are being taken to remove this cancerous orange pile of shit from office

 

[buttery fistful]

It's a start

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Could this be the first ripple in the GOP pond?

No, because fish have vertebrae.

 

[Wet Bloodfart]

The key words he's using here is "yet."

He NEVER WILL BE. Do something about it, you cockmongler.

 

[PsychoSoldier]

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Could this be the first ripple in the GOP pond?

Just words. Criticism means nothing coming from these fools who have enabled him the whole time until they do something about it.

 

[BoboBrazil]

Finally. One coming out will lead others to.

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

There's something he could do if that's his conclusion.

 

[The Kree]

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Could this be the first ripple in the GOP pond?

This is nothing.

 

[Hydranockz]

all these concerns and denouncements sure are gonna make me feel safe at night knowing that no practical steps are being taken to remove this cancerous orange pile of shit from office

Yup, this sums it up. Until a single ACTION is actually taken, I will see these words for what they are, words.

 

[Steel]

all these concerns and denouncements sure are gonna make me feel safe at night knowing that no practical steps are being taken to remove this cancerous orange pile of shit from office

As insufficient as this is, this type of thing is turning Trump into a lame duck. At absolute least this hurts his legislative agenda and makes him have less pull in Congress. He absolutely should be ejected from government, though.

Not to mention having the Pubs in a circular firing squad only hurts them at the polls.

 

[Cipherr]

God I love watching Trump self immolate; and all of his 'fans' they were so happy when he won shriek in horror as he fails on literally every fucking level.

 

[dickroach]

What's a repsen

it's a character that's been min/max

 

[Tecnniqe]

No shit

 

[PingPongvonLaserstein]

Talk is cheap. Call me when they actually do something.

 

[Kensation]

Ok. What's he going to do about it?

 

[chadtwo]

What's a repsen

Owing to the results of the 2016 election, to protect against the future whims of the masses America has decided to give our Representatives their own Representatives and just do away with voting altogether.

 

[Brandon F]

"I don't agree with his social outlook, but he is trying to give tax cuts to the wealthy, so I'll just appear to object in the meantime"

 

[Zophar]

Trump might have picked the absolute worst time to come completely fucking unglued. Everyone in congress, on either side of the aisle, is at home or on vacation watching in disbelief and thinking about how they will move forward once recess is over. These are just the first rumbles, I feel.

 

[Shadybiz]

and all of his 'fans' they were so happy when he won shriek in horror as he fails on literally every fucking level.

Ehhh I wouldn't go that far. Most of his supporters still seem to think that he's accomplished more in 7 months than any other president has in a full term (or two). It's both laughable and terrifying how goddamn stupid they are.

 

[Lightning_Roller]

And you just realized this, Corker?

 

[Byakuya769]

I wonder how the audience reacted?

 

[Walter White Walker]

Well then I await his call for impeachment.

 

[Stop It]

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Could this be the first ripple in the GOP pond?

Welcome to 2 years ago Mr Corker. Anyone sane could've told you this before but no, you and your voters gave him the nomination, then the presidency.

He's not just incompetent, he's unrepentant in his idiocy. He will never learn and is going to take the reputation of the entire nation through the shutter before he's gone.

We all know this isn't even going to be his Nadir. Because he's going to do something worse, he's shown that he only has one direction in his presidency so far, down.

 

[KiN0]

I'm glad to see a gop senator speak against Trump. The criticsm may not mean anything now, but hopefully it's a stepping stone in rallying the party to actually hold Trump accountable instead of trying to deflect and deny his failures.

 

[ahoyhoy]

Doesn't mean shit until Republicans start calling for impeachment.

well

It's a start

Don't remember the last time so many members of a president's own party routinely spoke out against him. If the public is receptive to this bashing of Trump by GOP officials the path to impeachement will become more clear

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

And you just realized this, Corker?

Of course not.

 

[LegendofJoe]

When someone isn't qualified for their job and makes work a living hell for everyone else that person is typically fired. Trump's probationary period is over, he failed to make the cut.

 

[skullmuffins]

Watch him talk to reporters here: https://www.facebook.com/ChloeNooga/videos/1527134817346102/

This isn't nothing. Of course Trump isn't going to be removed from office by mere words, but the GOP isn't going to go from zero to impeachment overnight. These are pretty strong statements coming from a Republican Senator, and not even one of the usual suspects.

 

[TreIII]

So, what's stopping the GOP from actually moving forward and getting that cheeto-colored bum out of office?

...Oh, yeah...all those tax cuts and other items on the agenda...

 

[BobTheFork]

He not continent either.

 

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[BoogieWoogie]

So, what's stopping the GOP from actually moving forward and getting that cheeto-colored bum out of office?

...Oh, yeah...all those tax cuts and other items on the agenda...

Which aren't happening with Trump anyway. Why they can't fucking see this and go with Pence already is beyond me.

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

For once I'm kinda proud of my senator but man has he got a horrible track record.

 

[Dead Prince]

Trump is going to tweet him so hard

he'll probably tell us the reelection date

 

[captive]

Well then I await his call for impeachment.

here's a question. Do we really want impeachment to happen now? With Pence and Ryan waiting in the wings? Both hold views just as disgusting as Trump but are competent enough to actually get legislation passed.

 

[Servbot24]

This was abundantly clear when he was still running and Republicans just went with it.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Then do something about it.

 

[LakeEarth]

Ehhh I wouldn't go that far. Most of his supporters still seem to think that he's accomplished more in 7 months than any other president has in a full term (or two). It's both laughable and terrifying how goddamn stupid they are.

Exactly. The kind of people who would vote for Trump are the same kind of people that are unlikely to notice how much of a shitshow his administration has been.

 

[Raylan Targaryen]

So, what's stopping the GOP from actually moving forward and getting that cheeto-colored bum out of office?

...Oh, yeah...all those tax cuts and other items on the agenda...

mike pence could carry them out.

 

[Saint Gregory]

here's a question. Do we really want impeachment to happen now? With Pence and Ryan waiting in the wings? Both hold views just as disgusting as Trump but are competent enough to actually get legislation passed.

This is where I am now. Replacing him will only lead to more damage as long as the Republicans hold all this power.

 

[fallengorn]

Words are wind.

 

[skullmuffins]

here's a question. Do we really want impeachment to happen now? With Pence and Ryan waiting in the wings? Both hold views just as disgusting as Trump but are competent enough to actually get legislation passed.

Well they're smart enough to not go around inciting racial hatred and advocating mass murder of muslims, so I think I'll take it. We can undo bad legislation more easily than we can undo a rise in Neo-Nazism and other radicalism, not to mention whatever the fuck he's doing to our standing in the world and to our basic institutions of democracy.

 

[Robdraggoo]

here's a question. Do we really want impeachment to happen now? With Pence and Ryan waiting in the wings? Both hold views just as disgusting as Trump but are competent enough to actually get legislation passed.

Umm yes!

We need to bring this country back to a place of normalcy. Trump is not normal and everything he's doing is damaging our relationship with allies and almost just got us into nuclear fucking war.

Pence and Ryan are vile beings for sure, but they are normal republicans. You can fight nirmal, you can't fight this disgusting cult of trump.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

here's a question. Do we really want impeachment to happen now? With Pence and Ryan waiting in the wings? Both hold views just as disgusting as Trump but are competent enough to actually get legislation passed.

I think about it this way. We can either damage our country and our relationships with everyone else around the world via Trump, or we can just damage our own with someone more competent while restoring some goodwill internationally, with the hope that a democrat sweeps in come 2020 and not only maintains good relationships abroad but also restores some goodwill at home.

 

[VariantX]

This was abundantly clear when he was still running and Republicans just went with it.

Seriously, you can scream bloody murder when a guy from the other party gets a consentual blowjob, but when the guy in your party is encouraging white supremacists to march and scream "blood and soil", all they can do at worst is hem and haw and wag a finger or two.

Its like we already forgot this idiot was egging on North Korea just a short while ago knowing full well they had nukes and a unstable leader.