'I'm not quite sure if we are focused on the right things right now,' Sen. Murkowski said, adding. 'I think tone is really, really important right now. And I do not believe that the tone coming from the president right now is helping.'
The No. 2 Senate Republican, John Thune of South Dakota, said on"PBS NewsHour" that he hopes the president shows an"appreciation for the frustration, the anger, the anxiety that people are feeling" and"just being willing to listen."
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who has an uphill battle for re-election in her swing state, said the president looked"unsympathetic" and"insensitive" in front of St. John's, saying it's a church she believes he has attended just one time. Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., said it was odd for the president to wield a Bible the way he did."I don't think I've ever been to an event where I've stood outside a building and held up a Bible like that before, and I'm a person who reads the Bible every day," he said.Criticizing the president often comes with huge risks for Republicans, who can see their voter bases of support slip away with a single critical tweet by the president.
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