'I reject the idea': GOP senator slams his own party for bowing to Trump in negotiations
Raw StorySen. Kevin Cramer pushed back against his party's increasing line that a weeks-long, delicate bipartisan Senate deal being crafted on foreign defense aid to Ukraine and border security should be rejected purely for the sake of waiting until they can put former President Donald Trump back in office to do something more one-sided. "I reject the idea we should reserve a crisis for a better time to solve it," Cramer told CNN congressional correspondent Manu Raju. However, in recent days, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell signaled that Trump was leaning heavily on the caucus to reject the deal — and that this could put the viability of the whole thing, which has already been threatened with rejection by House Speaker Mike Johnson, in jeopardy. On Thursday, though, Sen. Mitt Romney told the Huffington Post's Igor Bobic that McConnell remains "fully supportive of the border bill," and is committed to seeing through the ongoing talks.
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