Senior Republican lawmakers are reportedly upset with Vice President J.D. Vance for going against President Donald Trump.
Vance avoided a lot of the scrutiny in the Signal chat scandal, despite the fact that he was indeed a participant in the conversation which revealed detailed attack plans to top officials, and a reporter who had been accidentally included.
But now it is coming out that top GOP leaders are "angry" with Vance, NBC News reported Sunday.
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In an article entitled "JD Vance's role in Signal chat angers senior Republican lawmakers," the outlet reported, "Some think Vance tried to block an order from Trump," while other lawmakers "feel he is on the wrong side of a rift between MAGA and GOP internationalists."
"Vice President JD Vance’s last-minute concerns about President Donald Trump’s decision to strike the Houthis in Yemen, raised in a now-public Signal chat with other top U.S. officials, have left senior Republican lawmakers angry," the report states. "Some are upset because they think Vance was trying to block a directive from Trump. Others, reflecting a broader debate inside the administration and the GOP over the wisdom of embarking on a stepped-up campaign against the militant group, are upset about the side he took."
The report even quotes one senior Republican official on Capitol Hill as saying, "Capitol Hill Republicans still have their jaws on their floor with how actively the VP worked to try and undo a Trump decision... Thank goodness Miller stepped in and put him in his place.”
That GOP official reportedly added, "It’s one thing to have a healthy interagency debate before a decision is made. It’s another to try and undo a Commander-in-Chief decision once Trump gives the execute order. This is the latter, and it’s very [John] Bolton-esque.”
Another Republican lawmaker quoted Vance in the texts, asking, "The president was not aware how inconsistent this is with his own messaging?”
“These are the president’s policies, and for JD Vance to question them like that is ridiculous. He is the commander in chief," the lawmaker added.