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They say Trump's a danger. So what can they do about it?

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R) of Tennessee, speaking to reporters at the Capitol, has become one of President Trump's most outspoken critics.

Republican Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Bob Corker of Tennessee, who made headlines this week for their eviscerating denunciations of President Trump, may be retiring from Congress – but their exits won’t actually come for another 14 months, an eternity in politics. Which raises the question: How might these lawmakers translate their stated opposition to the president into concrete actions over the course of the next year?

Both men, along with Arizona Sen. John McCain – another GOP heavyweight and prominent Trump critic – have made it plain that they intend to act on their concerns in the time they have left in the Senate. Senators Corker and

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