Don’t Be Fooled by the SCIF Stunt, Trump’s GOP Support Is Eroding
Maybe we’ll look back on October as the beginning of the end
As Donald Trump’s political position grows increasingly precarious, Republicans in Congress look more frazzled by the day.
On Wednesday, in an apparent effort to run interference for the president, a group of about 20 Republican House members barged into a bipartisan hearing room demanding they be allowed to participate in the closed-door proceeding. The episode was bizarre because the panel is bipartisan, so the group’s claims that the investigation was being conducted in secret were simply unfounded. In addition, the meeting was being held in a secure room, known as a SCIF, in which participants are not allowed to bring phones or cameras as part of the protocol to ensure security, and at least one member of the renegade Republican group not only brought his phone but sent a tweet from the SCIF during their protest.
But not all Republicans on the Hill are looking for ways to protect the president. Over the past couple weeks, the president has drawn more criticism from his own party than we’ve seen at any point during his presidency.
Trump has taken considerable heat, from the left and the right, for his swift shift in military strategy in Syria. Even his…
