Sen. Dick Blumenthal (D-Conn.) responded to a series of tweets sent by President Donald Trump to attack his credibility in light of past false statements he made about his military service. He made the comments to Wolf Blitzer on CNN Monday.
“I have no idea about what is in his mind,” he said of the president. “What I do know about is I will not be distracted by this bullying.”
“And these bullying tweets reinforce for me the need for a piece of legislation that I am helping to lead with [Sen.] Thom Tillis [R-N.C.] and others,” he added, “a bipartisan coalition to prevent the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller whom he has also sought to intimidate.”
“And the kinds of statements we’ve seen about drawing red lines around financial dealings,” Blumenthal continued, “about calling the investigation a ‘witch hunt’ or a hoax and the attacks on the team that Robert Muller has assembled, all point to a looming constitutional crisis if the president proceeds with firing Robert Mueller.
Democrat senator says Trump is ‘bullying’ him with these tweets
“I have no idea about what is in his mind,” he said of the president. “What I do know about is I will not be distracted by this bullying.”
“And these bullying tweets reinforce for me the need for a piece of legislation that I am helping to lead with [Sen.] Thom Tillis [R-N.C.] and others,” he added, “a bipartisan coalition to prevent the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller whom he has also sought to intimidate.”
“And the kinds of statements we’ve seen about drawing red lines around financial dealings,” Blumenthal continued, “about calling the investigation a ‘witch hunt’ or a hoax and the attacks on the team that Robert Muller has assembled, all point to a looming constitutional crisis if the president proceeds with firing Robert Mueller.
Democrat senator says Trump is ‘bullying’ him with these tweets