Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) on Friday revealed to CNN's Sara Sidner that some of her Republican colleagues are privately getting squeamish about President Donald Trump's actions.
During the CNN interview, Shaheen discussed Trump's declaration that he "trusts" Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has a very long track record of being untrustworthy given his insistence that he had no intentions of invading neighboring Ukraine shortly before he launched a military invasion into that country just over three years ago.
"It's clear that Vladimir Putin is manipulating Donald Trump," she said. "And it shows what a weak position he is in, that he doesn't understand that he's being manipulated. Vladimir Putin is a murderous dictator. He is a thug who understands one thing, and that is strength, and anytime he thinks he can get the better of Donald Trump, he is going to do that."
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Later in the interview, Shaheen said that it was time for her Republican colleagues who want to defend Ukraine against Russia to step up and say in public what they've been saying behind closed doors.
"We hope that... our Republican colleagues will wake up and say, 'This is not the direction that we should be heading in,'" she said. "They will put a check on the president, which is the responsibility of congress."
Sidner then asked Shaheen if "you're hearing that privately from Republicans that the president has gone too far when it comes to Ukraine."
"Yes," she replied.
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