Trump rips into GOP defectors as 'real losers' as Senate readies for final vote
President Donald Trump unloaded on a cohort of Senate Republicans who voted to rein in his policing powers in Venezuela, arguing that they couldn’t give a good reason to vote...
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President Donald Trump unloaded on a cohort of Senate Republicans who voted to rein in his policing powers in Venezuela, arguing that they couldn’t give a good reason to vote against him. During remarks at the Detroit Economic Club following a tour of a Ford plant in Dearborn, Mich., Trump harangued Republicans for not staying unified, while declaring that, though congressional Democrats have bad policy, they "stick together like glue." "We got some real losers, mostly great," Trump said of Republicans before tearing into Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Todd Young, R-Ind. TRUMP BLASTS GOP WAR POWERS DEFECTORS, SAYS THEY 'SHOULD NEVER BE ELECTED TO OFFICE AGAIN' That foursome joined all Senate Democrats to vote in favor of Sen. Tim Kaine’s , D-Va., war powers resolution, which, if passed, would require Trump to receive congressional approval before further military force is used in Venezuela. Lawmakers are expected to take a final vote on the resolution on Wednesday. When Kaine’s effort initially advanced, Trump blasted the defectors and declared that they should "never be elected to office again." With the vote fast approaching, Trump didn’t hesitate to make clear that their votes were still fresh on his mind. He panned Paul for routinely voting against GOP policies, and then turned his sights to Murkowski, Collins and Young. GOP EYES VENEZUELA'S UNTAPPED OIL WEALTH AS DEMOCRATS SOUND ALARM OVER TAXPAYER RISK "Then you have Lisa Murkowski and you have Susan Collins, disasters," Trump said. "And you had a gentleman from Indiana that, I don't believe it, Todd Young, he voted against." "And you say, ‘Why are you voting against?’ They can't give you an answer. They're unable to give you an answer. It's like, why are they against the attack on Venezuela? They're against the attack," he continued. "After they found out who was the most successful attack. Probably the most talented, most brilliant tactical attack that we've ha…