A high-profile member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee condemned President Donald Trump for calling Republicans who have refused to back him 'human scum.'
A high-profile member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee condemned President Donald Trump on Wednesday for calling Republicans who have refused to back him"human scum."
"To call anybody human scum is beneath the office of the presidency. You can't say that, right? You're the president. You have different standards," said Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer on"The Situation Room.
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