Mike Rounds, a Republican senator from South Dakota, told CNN: “We recognize the seriousness of this indiscretion, and we’re going to get the inspector general’s report we’ve asked for … and that means the bottom line, we want as much information as we can get, and then we’ll do our own assessment.”
He added: “But right now, I think they screwed up. I think they know they screwed up. I think they also learned their lesson, and I think the president made it very clear to them that this is a lesson they don’t want to forget.”
Sure, Mike. This was just a learning opportunity.
What it means is the GOP is no longer in lockstep with Trump, which is good news regardless of whether this goes anywhere. Politically, it’s a shot across the bow.
Basically, “dude … don’t make us defend an unprecedented security breach.” They’re of course still fine with human-rights abuses, but this is too much even for them.