'Beyond disgusting': Trump buried for heaping praise on Hezbollah

During a Thursday morning appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) called out Donald Trump for praising the terrorist group Hezbollah even as Israel reeled from the Hamas assault.

During his speech on Wednesday, the former president launched an attack on Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and commented on Hezbollah, calling their leadership "very smart."

That led McCaskill to give the former president a dressing down while also calling out Congressional Republicans for fumbling around trying to pick a new House speaker as a new war is underway in the Middle East.

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"This is really just kind of a moment of clarity about how bad the Republican Party has become in terms of its ability to lead in this country," she began. "

Addressing the House chaos, she added, "They're doing this in the face of this international crisis where our best friend and the most reliable democracy and the most dangerous neighborhood in the world is under attack? What does that tell Americans about their priorities and their ability to unite at a time of crisis?"

"Donald Trump and his followers have hollowed out the Republican Party," she elaborated. "Typically the Republican Party would be first in line to say, 'put everything else aside, we've got to support our friends who support freedom and democracy.' But you've got many of them now praising thugs and dictators and Putin and Hezbollah, and it's beyond shocking -- it's disgusting."

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