If this doesn’t warrant a statement from Emmer denouncing Trump’s behavior, what would?
On Wednesday, President Trump took his feud with Senator McCain to a new low, going on a five-minute rant where he complained about not being thanked enough for McCain’s funeral. Trump also claimed McCain “didn’t get the job done” for veterans and griped that he “never liked him much.” This is the same President Trump who previously said McCain was “not a war hero” and later ordered flags to full-mast shortly after McCain’s death (and later caved to the immense outrage of the public to again lower the flags to half-mast).
Trump’s behavior is so shameful that even GOP Senators like Johnny Isakson spoke out against it – but not Congressman Emmer, whose silence is allowing the Republican Party to sink to new lows.
“Senator John McCain was a decorated war hero and a man who people on both sides of the aisle respected deeply, regardless of whether they agreed with all of his policy positions,” said DCCC Executive Director and Iraq War Veteran Allison Jaslow. “At this point, it’s unsurprising that President Trump is spitting on Senator McCain’s grave, but it is mind blowing that Washington Republicans like Tom Emmer are staying silent and allowing this conduct unbecoming of a Commander in Chief to go on unchecked. Congressman Emmer’s refusal to categorically and forcefully reject this offensive and unpatriotic behavior from his President, demonstrates he is complicit in sinking the Republican Party to this new low.”