congress. i can t recall a time where in the first two years of this presidency where you had so many republican lawmakers who were expressing their concerns openly and on the record to josh s point, you heard this privately for a couple of years now. lots of eye rolling, snickering, lots of sort of wtf. we ve not sort of seen this on the record like we did last friday. not just from bob corker who, of course, relishes now poking president trump and trump swipes back. they ve had this on again, off again feud. but from rank and file senators like bill cassidy from louisiana. pat roberts from kansas, who are not typically often critics of this president who do not like what they have seen. josh is right, the mattis resignation over the abrupt syria resignation. the question is, what does that add up to besides rhetorical condemnations? it s not clear to me yet but we are at a point now where you do
senator corker has gone back and forth with the president. he s had this on again, off again feud. questions about where mitch mccanal may be in all of this. of course this all boils down to concern that blackburn may be at risk of losing a general election and, as you know, peter, with just that one seat majority in the senate, every single one of these senate races is absolutely critical. especially given what we just witnessed taking place in alabama. republicans anxious for any potential loss. kacie hunt on the hill for us, thank you very much. elsewhere on capitol hill, at that explosive hearing, the director of national intelligence, dan coates, called the national debt a dire national security threat. the failure to address the long-term fiscal situation has increased the national debt to over $20 trillion and growing. this situation is unsustainable. former chairman of the joint