Beyond those who have been so outspoken to push back on that. Will we see other senators come out today and take a flake or corkerlike position on that . Well find out. But right now i doubt it. A standing ovation. I want to bring my panel in. Robert costa, National Political reporter for the Washington Post and bret stephens, an oped columnist for the New York Times and megan murphy, the editor of Bloomberg Business week. Brett, i want to start with you. One trump critic said the ice is beginning to crack. What were seeing with bob corker, with jeff flake, youre going to see more republicans follow suit. Do you think thats the case . Follow suit in denouncing the president . Yes. Or in renouncing their political ambitions. Fair point. This is the key thing. Theres a law in economics, greshams law, bad money drives out good. In a sense what we have is bad republican politicians driving out good ones who are just removing themselves literally
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willing to replicate some of these comments. it is potentially devastating to the future of the party. think about the people we know who are inside the white house. how much longer where are they, stephanie? think about what we re doing behind the scenes. i don t know, but out front you ain t doing much. i want to share more of what jeff flake said and think about how his words should impact others who are members of the republican party and the administration. let s take a listen. i am aware that there is a segment of my party that believes that anything short of complete and unquestioning loyalty to a president who belongs to my party is unacceptable and suspect. and right there, listen, you hear sarah huckabee sanders call bob corker s say bob corker and jeff flake, they re grandstanding. their tweets are reckless. when president trump is the reckless tweeter in chief. kellyanne conway has clearly said it s always the president first. as i said before, the full mnuchi