GOP senators on Comey firing: Where they stand

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President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey is splitting Senate Republicans.

Several prominent GOP lawmakers have raised concerns about the timing of the decision, which comes as the FBI is investigating the 2016 election and any contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Others, however, have offered support for Trump, arguing the president was well within his authority.

Trump scored his most prominent defender on Wednesday when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) noted that Democrats had previously criticized Comey and supported Rod Rosenstein’s deputy attorney general nomination.

“Our Democratic colleagues [are] complaining about the removal of an FBI director whom they themselves repeatedly and sharply criticized,” McConnell said on the Senate floor. “That removal being done by a man, Rod Rosenstein, who they repeatedly and effusively praised.”

But that hasn’t quelled concerns from the some the rest of his 52-member caucus.

GOP senators critical/concerned (13)
Sen. John Boozman (Ark.): Boozman said in a statement that "Americans deserve a full explanation as to the circumstances of the decision to immediately remove Mr. Comey from his post. Our country has lost faith in many of our institutions and a better public accounting of this situation.... can help restore some of that broken trust."
Sen. Richard Burr (N.C.): The Senate Intelligence Committee chairman said in a statement that he was “troubled by the timing and reasoning of Director Comey’s termination.”
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.): Capito told ABC News that "I think we need to find out what's happened and why."
Sen. Bob Corker (Tenn.): Corker said in a statement that “while the case for removal of Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey laid out by Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein was thorough, his removal at this particular time will raise questions.”
Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.): Flake said in a tweet that “I’ve spent the last several hours trying to find an acceptable rationale for the timing of Comey's firing. I just can't do it.”

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http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/332770-gop-senators-on-comey-firing-where-they-stand

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1. That's why

any comparison to the infamous Saturday Night Massacre are erroneous, back in the early to mid-Seventies, GOP representatives and senators had a sense of honor that has been severely lacking for the last thirty years.

Let's not confuse expressing consternation with an actual willingness and ability to confront Trump. The only way that happens is if they no longer fear him and his supporters. Only when the polls show that the people who voted for Trump are having serious regrets about it, then we may see some substantial movement on their part, in the meantime, the Repuke party will remain in fear of really crossing him.