President Donald Trump got a clear message from defiant members of his own party this week.
After growing pressure from the president, GOP lawmakers twice on Thursday stood up against Trump and his administration, The Washington Post reported.
Trump spent months trying to push members of his own party to redistrict in deep-red state Indiana — and they rejected it in the state Senate Thursday. Then, 20 House Republicans voted that same day to overturn his executive order that ended union rights at federal agencies, according to The Post.
These moves follow several other changes, as Republicans work to distance themselves from some of the president's policies. Just last month, four Republicans decided to join Democrats to demand that the Department of Justice release the full Epstein files.
“There is a group of Republicans who are maybe going, ‘I’ve got to stand on my own,’ and that ranges from the Indiana state legislators to Marjorie Taylor Greene,” Pat McCrory, the former Republican governor of North Carolina, told The Post. “Who would have imagined?”
It's unclear if Trump will regain his hold on the party, but McCrory warned that Trump's signature revenge streak could also be something to be mindful of.
“This is not the first time people have stood up,” McCrory said. “The question will be, is the power still there to kill their political career?”