Conservative legal professional George Conway and MSNBC’s Jen Psaki tore into two high Republicans who endorsed Donald Trump for president this week — regardless that the previous president helped sabotage each lawmakers’ bids to turn into House speaker.
On Wednesday, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) mentioned in a press release shared on X, previously Twitter, that he was “proud to endorse” Trump for president. A day earlier, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) endorsed Trump in a comparable assertion on X.
Both males had thrown their hats within the ring in the course of the chaotic House speaker race final yr. In a prolonged Truth Social blast on the time, Trump referred to as Emmer a “RINO,” an acronym for “Republican in name only,” and mentioned voting for him could be a “tragic mistake.” Emmer voted to certify the 2020 election outcomes, which Trump has falsely claimed have been rigged.
When Scalise was up towards Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for the job, Trump endorsed Jordan and cited Scalise’s most cancers analysis as a priority.
“I never cease to be amazed at how willing these people are to sacrifice their honor and their dignity to worship this man and keep a job,” Conway mentioned on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Thursday.
“It’s not worth being a member of Congress if you have to kowtow to a psychopath like this,” he added.
Psaki, who served as President Joe Biden’s first White House press secretary, mentioned the lawmakers look pathetic and spineless.
“Their dignity is looking, you know, is being questioned here for good reason,” she mentioned.
“It’s sad and pathetic, and it’s an addiction to Donald Trump by the core of the Republican Party,” she added.
Trump leads the GOP presidential pack by a major margin, regardless that he has been criminally indicted 4 occasions on dozens of felony counts. Nonetheless, few elected Republicans have been keen to criticize him, and even his presidential rivals are reluctant to go after him.
Watch the phase beneath on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
