Battle lines were quickly drawn within the GOP after President Trump wavered on his prior stance on Edward Snowden being a traitor worthy of the death penalty, announcing that he is now considering a pardon for the fugitive living in Russia.

“I’m not that aware of the Snowden situation, but I’m going to start looking at it,” Trump said after being asked about a possible pardon during a Friday press conference. “There are many, many people — it seems to be a split decision — there are many people who think that he should be somehow treated differently and other people think he did very bad things — and I’m going to take a very good look at it.”