GOP Strategist Torches Trump For Reaction To Biden Hostage Deal: 'He's Always Trump First'
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Sarah Longwell, who launched the Republican Voters Against Trump initiative in 2020, said "people should be more offended" by Trump's egocentric reaction.
Republican strategist Sarah Longwell is furious with former President Donald Trump for his crass reaction to Thursday’s prisoner exchange with Russia, in which President Joe Biden’s administration freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and several other Americans.
“Between the Olympics, Simone Biles’ floor routine, the hostages coming home, the vibe right now should be like tattooing an American flag on your chest and running through the streets,” she told Jessica Dean on “CNN This Morning” Friday. “But what does this guy do?
“He sits there on his phone, grumpy that the hostages are home, mad that he doesn’t get to feign like he and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin have some special deal so he’s going to be able to negotiate this,” Longwell continued. “He’s always Trump first, America last, despite his rhetoric.”
Longwell, publisher of conservative outlet The Bulwark, is also executive director of the Republican Voters Against Trump initiative, which announced Wednesday that it had launched a $3.5 million campaign across swing states.
“Our ‘negotiators’ are always an embarrassment to us!” Trump wrote Thursday on his Truth Social platform. “I got back many hostages, and gave the opposing Country NOTHING — and never any cash. To do so is bad precedent for the future. That’s the way it should be.”
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