President Donald Trump on Sunday bragged that Republican senators who supported his emergency declaration to build a border wall were 'uniformly praised' in their home states except a few of those lawmakers actually faced heavy criticism for their support.
'Those Republican Senators who voted in favor of Strong Border Security (and the Wall) are being uniformly praised as they return to their States. They know there is a National Emergency at the Southern Border, and they had the courage to ACT. Great job!,' he wrote on Twitter.
It's unclear what he is basing his information on.
President Donald Trump bragged that GOP senators who supported his emergency declaration to build a border wall were 'uniformly praised' in their home states
But Republican Sens. Thom Tillis (left) and Cory Gardner (right) voted with Trump and were criticized back home for it
Lawmakers are in their home states for the next two weeks for district work period.
At least two Republican senators who supported him were subject to home state criticism.
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, who had come out against Trump's move, flipped and supported him in last week's Senate vote. Tillis is on the ballot next year when Trump is running for reelection.
The Raleigh News & Observer slammed Tillis in an op-ed: 'Tillis has abandoned his principles in order to stand wherever Trump stands, there will be no need for further op-eds. We can learn what our senator thinks by reading Trump’s tweets.'
Republican Sen. Cory Gardner, who is expected to face a tough reelection campaign next year, voted with Trump and was burned by the Denver Post for it.
The paper withdrew its 2014 endorsement of him.
Sen. Susan Collins voted against Trump's national emergency declaration last week; she is one of 12 GOP senators who did so and the only one up for reelection in 2020
A dozen GOP senators voted with Democrats in supporting the House resolution disapproving of Trump's national emergency declaration
'We no longer know what principles guide the senator and regret giving him our support in a close race against Mark Udall,' the editorial board wrote, citing his vote last week.
A dozen GOP senators crossed to the other side of the aisle to vote
