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Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie – a Trump devotee – also criticized the president’s words.
“Regardless of how you felt about Rob Reiner, this is inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just brutally murdered. I guess my elected GOP colleagues, the VP, and White House staff will just ignore it because they’re afraid? I challenge anyone to defend it,” Massie wrote on X alongside a screenshot of Trump’s post.
The Associated Press (AP) reports that Republican Reps. Mike Lawler of New York and Stephanie Bice of Oklahoma – neither outspoken critics of Trump – also condemned Trump’s controversial message, marking a rare instance of dissent from within his own party.
Doubled down on disdain
Despite the backlash, Trump shockingly refused to backdown and only further emphasized his disdain for Reiner while speaking to reporters during a brief media Q&A.
“I wasn’t a fan of his at all,” Trump said during a Q&A with reporters, per AP. “He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.”
Referring to himself in the third person, the president continued his attacks, claiming that Reiner was a “friend of Russia, controlled by Russia,” and “very bad for our country.”
“He was one of the people behind it [the Russia hoax],” POTUS claimed. “I think he hurt himself career wise…[He] became a deranged person. Trump derangement syndrome.”
‘Mentally unfit’ to lead country
“Donald Trump is the single most unqualified human being to ever assume the presidency of the United States. He is mentally unfit,” Reiner told Variety in 2017. “Not only does he not understand how government works, he has no interest in trying to find out how it works.”
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