President Trump said Wednesday that Republican Sens. Jeff Flake and Bob Corker are not seeking reelection because they would lose, challenging the argument they’re leaving out of frustration with his presidency.
“The reason Flake and Corker dropped out of the Senate race is very simple, they had zero chance of being elected. Now act so hurt & wounded!” Trump tweeted, one day after an acrid social media exchange with Corker and Flake’s announcement he would not seek reelection.
Trump’s exchange Tuesday morning with Corker — in which he called the senator “incompetent” and accused him of not supporting the White House tax-reform plan — occurred hours before the president had lunch with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill.
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