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Trial Balloon · Ep. 195: Shake Up

Republicans Urge Embattled Incumbents to Speak Out

August 23, 2018 · 7:30 am ET · Leave a Comment

“Senior Republican Party leaders began urging their most imperiled incumbents on Wednesday to speak out about the wrongdoing surrounding President Trump,” the New York Times reports.

Said Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK): “Where there’s smoke, and there’s a lot of smoke, there may well be fire.”

“By urging some candidates to speak out or at least stay silent, Republican leaders who gravely fear losing control of the House risked opening the first significant rift between the Trump White House and the Republican-controlled Capitol.”

Cole Says Trump Owes Obama an Apology

March 17, 2017 · 4:09 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) said that President Trump should apologize to former President Barack Obama for accusing him of ordering an illegal wiretap of his phone lines, given that there is no public evidence to support it, Politico reports.

Said Cole: “I see no indication that that’s true. And so it’s not a charge I would have ever made. And frankly, unless you can produce some pretty compelling proof, then I think the president, you know, President Obama is owed an apology in that regard.”

Cole Blasts Protestors Who Waved Confederate Flags

July 17, 2015 · 8:42 am ET · 47 Comments

Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) ripped protesters in Oklahoma who greeted President Obama in Oklahoma City by waving Confederate flags, The Hill reports.

Said Cole: “Their actions were not only disappointing but incredibly disrespectful, insensitive and embarrassing to the entire state. The unacceptable behavior displayed by these individuals certainly does not reflect the values and views of the vast majority of Oklahomans. No president should ever be confronted by such behavior, especially when the purpose of the visit was meant to celebrate and recognize some of our state’s greatest achievements.”