Patriot act blocked in us senate by @SenTomNelson pic.twitter.com/1mZkCKkFQV — Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) June 28, 2017
Scalise’s tweet was retweeted over 3,200 times. It quickly gained steam and attention for the Democrat, who has made many comments about Trump, particularly over controversial comments he’s made about his own constituents.
When asked by the Washington Post if Scalise is racist and if Trump is simply pandering to racists, the White House did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
But shortly after news of Scalise’s tweet went viral and became viral, a Trump loyalist tweeted a video of the congressman, saying Trump was “shifting the focus” from the investigation of Hillary Clinton to Trump’s own supporters.
I think there is a movement to be in favor of change that is building here, so please vote for me @SteveScalise, I need your help now.#ImWithHer — Donald J. T바카라rum더킹카지노p (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2017
Scalise later responded to Trump and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders by taking on Trump on Twitter.
Scalise is the second member of the GOP to tweet about Trump on Tuesday night, with House Speaker Paul Ryan also sending out a tweet about what he saw as the president’s “bromance” with Alabama Sen. Luther Strange during the GOP runoff last week.
As Breitbart News reported, Strange led Trump in the latest poll for the state of Agospelhitzlabama, with Trump leading 58 percent to 45 percent. The Trump campaign has repeatedly attacked Strange. And on Thursday, several senators called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pull his name from the runoff, saying Strange’s poor poll numbers had “no justification” given the fact he was appointed to the state Senate in 2010 by then-Gov. Robert Bentley.
After the president-elect went after Strange with a Twitter tweet on Tuesday evening, the Republican National Committee released a statement urging him to run again.
.@realDonaldTrump Trump says that Luther Strange, who served in the U.S. Senate, is ‘a nasty guy who will never get elected’ #imwithher — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 28, 2017
Scalise and other supporters of Trump have also pointed to Trump’s feud with Alabama Sen. Luther Strange. Trump responded with a statement on Tuesday night in which he again called the Republican senator an “idiot” and referre