Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions.
Not even accepting a $400 million bribe from a foreign country is enough to get President Donald Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress to deviate.
Hardcore Trumpers, as well as some other big-name GOP leaders, refused to get on Trump’s bad side by saying that he can’t accept the big, fancy luxury jet that Qatar’s ruling family offered. Trump told people in private that he wants the jet because it’s “humiliating” to fly in the “outdated” Air Force One.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said that “it’s not my lane” to weigh in on whether Trump should accept the jet, even though the Constitution quite literally says that Congress would have to approve the gift.
