A former Republican Senator from Tennessee who had a tumultuous relationship with President Donald J. Trump has resurfaced to bash the forty-fifth President in his final days in office, along with, by extension, those who support him.
“Look, there’s no one that feels more strongly about the fact that Republicans ought to celebrate some of the policy gains that have occurred, but never ever, ever allow someone like President Trump to serve again, certainly to become the Republican nominee or be president of the United States,” former Sen. Bob Corker (T-TN) told Knox News last week.
Corker, begrudgingly supported Trump during his 2016 presidential election campaign, though he refused to formally endorse the eventual winner of the race.
The pair had numerous public spats before Corker retired from his post in 2018.
Corker once referred to the White House as an “adult daycare center.”
In October of 2017, Corker told The New York Times that Trump was putting the United States “on the path to World War III.”
Like everyone else who made that claim, Corker was wrong. There were no new wars during the Trump presidency, as Vice President Mike Pence noted Sunday.
“I’m proud to report with just a few days left in our Administration, our Administration is the first in decades that did not get America into a new war. That’s Peace through Strength,” Pence said on Twitter.
I’m proud to report with just a few days left in our Administration, our Administration is the first in decades that did not get America into a new war. That’s Peace through Strength. pic.twitter.com/uiSNxi67aT
— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) January 18, 2021
But with Trump leaving office, Corker and many like him in the GOP Establishment that was roundly rejected by Republican voters in 2016, is looking to guide the GOP’s path forward.
“When asked about [potentially running for office again] Thursday, the former senator and former Chattanooga mayor said no one should take his statements to mean he is trying to push his way to the top of the party, a place he says he’s never felt inclined to go,” Knox News reported. Instead, he just wants a seat at the table when the party’s future is up for debate, he said.”
In an interview with Politico, Corker refused to rule out running for office in the future. He told Knox News that he’s on “sabbatical.”
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Pete D’Abrosca is a contributor at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Pete on Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Bob Corker” by Bob Corker.
Dr Manny please primary Marsha! You are the real conservative! She has been in Washington since 2003! Primary Marsh in 2024…..
Little Bob will soon be joined by the other RINOS Marsha Blackburn and Never Trumper Bill Hagerty! On the outside looking in! They care more about Washington than Tennesseans….
Bob needs to stay down on that river in Chattanooga. He does not represent people in Tennessee. We have seen this show before. The only thing he can do is try and bash Trump. Go help that nut from Memphis eat his bucket of chicken Bob and get a job out of politics.
well said, sir… though i think corker would shy away from chickens… they look too much like himself.
Corker embarrassed our Great State of Tennessee the last time he was in the Senate. We don’t need him to do it again. So please stay home Mr. Corker.
rino bob and his hateful mouth. were it to do over i would have voted harold ford. at leasr i would have known what i was getting. squat on lookout mountain and shut up
Little Bob is a swamp creature! He always put Washington ahead of Tennesseans! This guy is a loser! Senators Blackburn and Hagerty also placed Washington values ahead of Tennesseans! They did not want to ensure there was voter integrity in the 2039 election! They used Trump to get elected! Primary both of them! Did I mention Marsha has been in Washington since 2003? She is a swamp creature that supports Mitch anti Trumper!
Get lost Little Bob! The party belongs to us now and it is your type we will be keeping out going forward.
Can we step away from the idea that Trump was the problem?
This junk inside the party is part of the problem. In the case of “majority rules”, everyone agrees to work with what is finally chosen. Those that don’t like the choice of the majority have a choice: “like or leave it.” Even if you don’t personally like the standard bearer of the party, one should get behind them or get out of the way. The infighting is what has weakened the party. Can you imagine what could have happened if there had not been RINOs standing in the way of Trump’s ideals? I’ll give you a hint, it wouldn’t have been a disaster.
In 2009, I made the decision to respect the office of President, despite my feeling that the man holding the office was unqualified for it. (I still think “Oh! Bama!” was elected on the shame of so-called “anti-racism.”) I have to use that same philosophy for a while, during the Harris administration. I am waiting to see what happens when they try to appease every one of the different “anti-Trump” factions that coalesced around their mutual hatred.
Corker was part of the establishment uni-party in Washington. He was a swamp creature and needed to go. If anything he would lead the GOP back towards the swamp and eventual irrelevancy. People voted for Trump, not the GOP.
What a sense of humor.
Shut up RINO’s
Bob Corker needs to continue his crooked construction developments and leave the Republican party alone. It’s RINO’s like McCain, Romney and him that have weakened the party while conspiring with Democrats to destroy our freedoms. Go away Bob no one wants your input!
Corker will do well to guide himself home.
Bob “I am the Boss” Corker!
Just shut your RINO Mouth!
What an idiot Corker is!
I will never Vote for this traitor.
Disgraceful Bob!
Trump is American.
You want to lead?
You are not the same person I knew in the seventies.
No one stays the same. Some people mature and put the whole country in front of them and not just a party when making decisions. Biden does this and no doubt Harris now will.
Biden has always made decisions that made Biden richer, and has ever since he has been in office. His kids getting lucrative contracts, his brother getting lucrative contracts some over seas and his son Hunter makes deals after deal in industries he has no experience in. I don’t really believe he has the country in mind. Harris isn’t any better, go back to how she referred to Biden during the primaries, all it took was to wave a high office in her fact to have he abandon all the morals she claimed to have and the indignities she suffered because of Biden and his bigoted friends when he was in the senate.