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Retiring GOP Lawmaker Doesn’t Get Loyalty to Trump

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Retiring Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) told CNN that he doesn’t understand the unquestioning loyalty many Republicans have for President Trump.

Said Rooney: “There will be books written about this hold that President Trump has over a lot of the Republican leadership and base, and I don’t understand it.”

He added: “It was never that way with previous Republican leaders, and I think the peaceful transfer of power is a critical element of our democracy.”

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