The former senator has been outspoken in his opposition to Trump and has frequently supported one of his most vocal GOP critics, Representative Liz Cheney.
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from 1979 to 1997, during which time he also served as a whip for the Republican Senate from 1985 till the end of his tenure under the leadership of Bob Dole. Now 90 years old, his new comments about Trump emerged in the recently released book,, by Mark Leibovich, who is a staff writer forDeriding Trump as a"vicious animal," Simpson accused him of"poisoning democracy" in the U.S. and turning the Republican Party into a"cult," according to Insider.
Former GOP Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming bashed former President Donald Trump as a"vicious animal" in quotes from a recently released book about the Trump presidency. Above, a shot of Simpson being interviewed in 1996."We're not really talking about common sense or even politics anymore in my party," Simpson is quoted saying in the book."...This is not a Republican Party anymore. It's a cult.
Outside of the new quote, Simpson has frequently aligned himself against the Trump wing of the Republican Party in his recent public actions. Recently, he appeared in a campaign ad for current Wyoming Representative
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