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Opinion At long last, some Republican senators disagree with Trump

December 9, 2018 at 6:57 p.m. EST
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 4.
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 4. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
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Regarding the Dec. 5 front-page article “Senators: Complicity of Saudi prince is clear”:

In a rare show of bipartisanship and defiance, the Senate, with a Republican majority in a Congress that has unwaveringly supported President Trump’s agenda, has finally challenged the president on a key issue of values and American respectability. Following a belated briefing by CIA Director Gina Haspel, several Republican senators seemed to put politics aside and telegraphed a message of disapproval of a Trump policy. The senators focused on the president’s refusal to accept the CIA conclusion that the Saudi crown prince was complicit in the killing of Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

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Until now, much of the country has simmered with frustration as this Republican Congress has followed with silent subservience a president whose agenda it has linked to its own political fortunes. The criticism of the Trump-Saudi Arabia connection is a statement of principle by key Senate Republicans. It is welcome and long overdue.

Roger Hirschberg, Bondville, Vt.

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