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Lawmakers warn that President Trump\u2019s increasing attacks on fellow Republicans endanger his legislative agenda in Congress and isolate segments of the GOP base.<\/p>\n

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Some of the president\u2019s ire is directed at Republicans who do not always vote with the GOP majority, such as Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.<\/p>\n

Others, such as Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and John Cornyn of Texas, are in Mr. Trump\u2019s crosshairs for perceived personal disloyalty.<\/p>\n

Mr. Massie and Mr. Cassidy both lost Republican primaries this month to Trump-backed challengers, and Mr. Cornyn was next in line in a runoff election Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s enemy list has grown to the point that he cannot count on having enough support in Congress to pass legislation. Republicans currently hold a two-vote margin in the House and a three-seat majority in the Senate.<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, South Dakota Republican, acknowledged the president\u2019s decision to endorse against two incumbent GOP senators was exacerbating legislative tensions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s hard to divorce anything that happens here from what\u2019s happening in the political atmosphere around us,\u201d he said last week. \u201cYou can\u2019t disconnect those things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republicans are frustrated that Mr. Trump is spending his time on intraparty grudges rather than focusing on defeating Democrats in the midterm elections this fall.<\/p>\n

Many are afraid to voice those concerns out of fear they will be the next subject of a Truth Social attack, but not Sen. Thom Tillis.<\/p>\n

The North Carolina Republican said his decision not to run for reelection has removed his \u201cextra filter,\u201d so he is speaking out on his colleagues\u2019 behalf \u2014 and drawing renewed criticisms from Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe American people want right-of-center conservative policies that have been successfully proposed by this president. But these distractions are harmful to our chances in November,\u201d Mr. Tillis said Sunday on CNN. \u201cAnd anybody that gets in the way of my colleagues, Republican colleagues, getting reelected are a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Massie, fresh off his primary defeat at the hands of a Trump-recruited candidate, also warned that the president\u2019s misplaced priorities could harm Republicans in the midterms.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s true you can take out Republicans in primaries. But Republicans are going to be very vulnerable this fall,\u201d he said on NBC.<\/p>\n

Mr. Massie pointed to the president seeking taxpayer money for securing the new White House ballroom when he promised the project would be entirely funded by private donations as an example.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president was bragging on the Roman architecture when in fact we\u2019re operating like a Roman empire,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re overextended overseas with our foreign aid, with our foreign bases. We\u2019re spending money that we don\u2019t have, and the gasoline and rent and groceries are so high that people can\u2019t afford it. I do think it\u2019s dangerous to indulge in these things like a gold-plated ballroom in Washington, D.C., while Americans are suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Massie also argued that the president has disenfranchised a large portion of that constituency that helped elect a Republican trifecta in 2024 by breaking promises to slash government spending and keep the U.S. out of foreign conflicts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a growing number of people on the right who have a form of TDS called Trump Disappointment Syndrome,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump has not let up on his intraparty attacks. On Monday, he looped Mr. Massie, whom he called a \u201cmajor sleazebag,\u201d Mr. Tillis and Mr. Cassidy into the same category as Democrats, calling them \u201cweak and ineffective people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese people should go home and rest,\u201d he said. \u201cThey do nothing but create division and loss.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even Republicans who are not party to the feuds have taken notice of the growing impact.<\/p>\n

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, spoke on his podcast about the potential for Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cornyn and Mr. Paul to thwart the president\u2019s agenda, given that Republicans only hold a three-seat majority in the Senate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you lose four senators, you\u2019re below 50 and you can\u2019t get anything done,\u201d he said. \u201cThat is going to be a complicating factor for the rest of the year. Like those four senators, I don\u2019t envision suddenly anything becoming hunky dory and their being happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dynamic is primarily a factor in confirmation votes on Trump nominees and a few legislative measures that are exempt from the Senate filibuster.<\/p>\n

Senate Republicans delayed consideration of a filibuster-proof immigration and law enforcement funding bill last week amid concerns about the ballroom security funding and Democrats using the open amendment process to attack Mr. Trump\u2019s new $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund.<\/p>\n

Mr. Cruz said 20-some GOP senators were prepared to side with Democrats and that the administration will need to make some changes to the fund if they hope to salvage the funding package.<\/p>\n

Republicans are also breaking with Mr. Trump on Iran as Democrats in both chambers have forced repeated votes on war powers resolutions to end the conflict.<\/p>\n

Mr. Cassidy, after his primary loss, voted in support of the war powers measure for the first time, saying the White House has kept Congress in the dark on Operation Epic Fury.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Louisiana, I\u2019ve heard from people, including President Trump\u2019s supporters, who are concerned about this war,\u201d he said. \u201cUntil the administration provides clarity, no congressional authorization or extension can be justified.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Cassidy\u2019s support was enough to advance the war power resolution on a 50-47 procedural vote, with three Republicans absent.<\/p>\n

Mr. Tillis and Mr. Cornyn were among those absent and will determine whether the war powers measure passes or fails when it comes up for a final vote sometime in June.<\/p>\n

Mr. Cornyn said he does not plan to change his approach if he loses his runoff, noting he would continue to pick his fights on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want [Mr. Trump] to be successful, and I want America to be successful. I want our party to be successful,\u201d Mr. Cornyn said on News Nation. \u201cI\u2019ll continue to vote in that same way but sometimes the president needs a little help, particularly when we\u2019re dealing with the midterms here, where I think there\u2019s a lot more anxiety than perhaps we can fully appreciate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump has mostly attacked Republicans whose seats are considered safe in November.<\/p>\n

Mr. Massie and Mr. Cassidy are not in danger of being replaced by a Democrat, but Republicans fear Mr. Cornyn\u2019s seat may be vulnerable with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on the November ballot.<\/p>\n

Last week, the president also curiously chose to attack Mr. Fitzpatrick, one of only three Republicans who represent a district Mr. Trump lost in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe likes voting against Trump. You know what happens with that? It doesn\u2019t work out well,\u201d Mr. Trump said after Mr. Fitzpatrick\u2019s fianc\u00e9e, Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich, tried to ask him a question.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Fitzpatrick was unfazed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not going to change how I vote at all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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