Republicans Recoil From Trump as Violence Proves Too Much
- Republicans call mob of Trump backers a disgrace, un-American
- Trump criticized for whipping up supporters into frenzy
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The unprecedented violence that Donald Trump’s supporters wreaked on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday spurred a wave of Republican criticism of the president, suggesting the potential for the GOP to increasingly distance itself from Trump as he leaves office.
Longtime Trump ally Tom Cotton, a senator from Arkansas, said in a statement, “It’s past time for the president to accept the results of the election, quit misleading the American people, and repudiate mob violence.”