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 with Democrats in supporting the House resolution disapproving of Trump's national emergency declaration to build his border wall. The move sparked the president's first use of his veto power. Several of those senators are from states the president won in the 2016 election but all of them expressed a concern that Trump's declaration would violate the separation of powers outlined in the constitution. Already 16 states, led by California, have filed a lawsuit against the president to stop his move. Only one of the 12 senators is up for reelection next year: Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who is already known as an independent voter. TWELVE REPUBLICAN SENATORS OPPOSED TRUMP A dozen Republican senators voted Thursday to block the president's national emergency. They are: Lamar Alexander of Tennessee Roy Blunt of Missouri Susan Collins of Maine Mike Lee of Utah Lisa Murkowski of Alaska Rob Portman of Ohio Mitt Romney of Utah Marc Rubio of Florida Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania Roger Wicker of Mississippi Rand Paul of Ketucky Jerry Moran of Kansas Trump declared a national emergency after Congress failed to give him the $5.7 billion he requested to build his border wall. Congress voted against his move last week and, on Friday, Trump issued the first veto of his administration. 'It is definitely a national emergency. Rarely have we had such a national emergency,' he said when he issued his veto. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement last week that '[o]n March 26, the House will once again act to protect our Constitution and our democracy from the president's emergency declaration by holding a vote to override his veto.' She will have to marshal two-thirds of the House, 290 seats, to prevail. Democrats hold just 235. If Pelosi were to pull off the feat, the Republican-controlled Senate would get the measure next. The two-thirds requirement there means six more Republicans flipping from Trump's side. The measure would have the effect of terminating Trump's use of the National Emergencies Act to reprogram funds to build a border wall – despite a standoff with Democrats during the government shutdown that resulted in Trump being denied the $5.7 billion he was requesting for that purpose. Trump warned GOP senators last week before their vote to quit 'overthinking' his national emergency as they deliberated how to vote on a resolution rebuking him. Trump says he told them to 'vote anyway you want, vote how you feel good' while cautioning that it will 'very bad thing for them long into the future' if they move to terminate it. 'I think anybody going against border security, drug trafficking human trafficking, that's a bad vote,' he warned on Wednesday. All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility