A top Senate Republican thinks the White House needs to “stabilize itself” in order to move forward with international and domestic affairs because the current situation is distracting.
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said on MSNBC that Congress’ top concern has to be getting to the bottom of Russian interference in the presidential election, but everyone is instead looking to see if President Trump can get control of his government.
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“Is the White House going to have the ability to stabilize itself?” Corker asked. “This affects us not just with international problems that are brewing all around the world but with domestic agenda here. The American people are counting on us to do big things this year and this distracts from that.”
Corker, the leader of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said his biggest concern right now is the influence campaign run by the Russian government.
Corker’s concerns were heightened in the wake of Tuesday night reports that Trump campaign officials had frequent contact with the Russian government during the run-up to the election. He said Congress needs to start investigating that and get their findings in front of the public quickly.
“The base issue is getting to the bottom of what the Russian interference was and what the relationship was with associates of the Trump effort,” Corker said. “That is the big elephant in the room that has got to be dealt with in the most appropriate way.”
