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Accusing him of blocking his bill because they're afraid of the president. he said the gop is acting like a cult. senator bob corker tennessee has been pushing to limit te president's power over trade after the president slapped taxes on s and aluminum imports from our closest allies. senator corker claims 95% of his fellow republican senators would support the bill but they're worried about upsetting the president. >> we might poke the bear is the language i've been hearing in the hallways. we might poke the bear. the president might get upset with us as united states senators if we vote on t...

Don't want to cast a tough vote, they block everybody from voting. i heard senator, senator from texas, the senior senator from texas saying the other day, gosh, we might upset the president. we might upset the president of the united states. before the mid-terms, we can't do that, because we would be upsetting the president. the president of the united states. i can't believe it. i would bet that 95% of the people on this side of the aisle support intellectually this amendment. but no, no, no, gosh, we, we might poke the bear. is the language i've been hearing in the hallway. we might poke th...

>> eugene, i want to play you a little more corker talking about the primaries, the dynamic that charlie raises. let's watch. >> i heard senator, senator from texas, the senior senator from texas saying the day, well, gosh, we might upset the president. we might upset the president of the united states. before the mid terms. but, no, no, no, gosh, we might poke the bear is the language i've been hearing in the hallways. we might poke the bear, the president might get upset with us as united states senators if we vote on the corker amendment. so, we're going to do everything we can to block it....

Corker amendment. we're going to do everything we can to block it. >> you see how upset he is. can it go too far? this sort of loyalty to one person above even party principles? >> the only bear i think he should be worried about poking is the constituents of his state. they feel he hasn't been loyal to them. i've talked to a lot of people in tennessee that were not happy with him being one of only five people who voted against expanding private care options for our veterans. that's probably part of why he's not running in november. i don't think he w win. people are sick of it. they are final...

A lot of them would vote for it if it came to vote. but no, no, no, wee might poke the bear. is the language i've been hearing in the hallway. we might poke the bear. the president might get up set with us as united states senators if we vote on the corker amendment. so we're going to do everything we can to block it. >> that is republican senator bob corker of tennessee. the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee accusing his party of being afraid of president trump and blocking his proposal that would take back some control when it comes to trump's ability -- the president's abil...