Trump Is Super Sad That Republicans Won't 'Protect Their President'

President Donald Trump says some Republicans won't "protect" him.  (Photo: Alex Wong via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump says some Republicans won't "protect" him.  (Photo: Alex Wong via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump fired off a new attack on members of his own party Sunday, complaining on Twitter that Republicans don’t “protect” him.

He wrote:

Trump’s comment came shortly after a complaint about the investigation into the Russia scandal, which he once again labeled a “witch hunt.”

Response from the president’s critics was swift:

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions

In a July 2017 interview with The New York Times, President Donald Trump said he would never have&nbsp;nominated Sessions if he had known the attorney general would <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-recusal_us_596fec7be4b0110cb3cb8a9a" target="_blank">recuse himself</a>&nbsp;from the Russia investigation. He called Sessions' decision "extremely unfair ... to the president."

Former FBI Director James Comey

Trump said that Comey, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-fires-james-comey_us_59123897e4b05e1ca202d173">whom he fired in May</a>, was lying during <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/james-comey-trump-testimony_us_59384767e4b00610547eaf09">testimony before Congress</a>&nbsp;and that he tried to use&nbsp;a dossier filled with uncorroborated, damaging information about Trump to&nbsp;pressure&nbsp;him.

Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe

The Times reported that Trump suggested McCabe, who served as acting FBI director for a few months in mid-2017, had&nbsp;a conflict of interest because McCabe's wife received a campaign donation during a 2015 Virginia Senate race from a PAC&nbsp;connected&nbsp;with Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat and friend of Hillary and Bill Clinton.
The Times reported that Trump suggested McCabe, who served as acting FBI director for a few months in mid-2017, had a conflict of interest because McCabe's wife received a campaign donation during a 2015 Virginia Senate race from a PAC connected with Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat and friend of Hillary and Bill Clinton.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein

The president accused Rosenstein of having conflicts of interest and said he was disappointed to learn&nbsp;that Rosenstein had worked as a federal prosecutor in&nbsp;Baltimore. "There are very few Republicans in Baltimore, if any," Trump said.
The president accused Rosenstein of having conflicts of interest and said he was disappointed to learn that Rosenstein had worked as a federal prosecutor in Baltimore. "There are very few Republicans in Baltimore, if any," Trump said.

Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III

Trump warned that Mueller would be crossing a line if the Russia investigation expanded into Trump's finances. Trump also said the special counsel&nbsp;had many conflicts of interest that&nbsp;Trump hadn't talked about yet, but&nbsp;would "at some point."
Trump warned that Mueller would be crossing a line if the Russia investigation expanded into Trump's finances. Trump also said the special counsel had many conflicts of interest that Trump hadn't talked about yet, but would "at some point."

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