Any Republican Senator Not Conflicted Over Trump Is Comatose or Blind, Says Bob Corker

Republican members of the U.S. Senate who have not been "conflicted" over Donald Trump's presidency are either in a coma or blind, according to outgoing Tennessee Senator Bob Corker on Wednesday.

Corker, who has been an outspoken critic of Trump, was asked by a reporter at the Christian Science Monitor breakfast if he would vote for the president again if given the chance.

"The right answer which I give to many people here every day in the hallway is 'Responding to conjecture is bad for your health,'" Corker said. "Look, any Republican senator that hasn't been conflicted over this presidency is either comatose or is pretty useless in their blindness.

"And we got some of both, of course, not many."

Still, Corker added praise for Trump over his accessibility.

"I have a very warm relationship with the president," he said. "He's very accessible, more accessible than any president probably in the history of the world. I mean he's on the phone and available from six to 11 in the morning and from 6:30 till late at night."

Corker concluded that while he had a good relationship with Trump, it was still a "complicated relationship that anybody who's thinking would have with the current administration."

Corker, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is one of the currently 40 Republicans in Congress who are not seeking re-election in this year's midterms. He has directly chastised Trump over policies, and also derided the president for his attacks on the FBI and Justice Department.

"I do not like the tearing down of institutions and I've shared that with him," Corker said in response to another question. "Continual tearing down of institutions in order to inspire your base and keep yourself protected with your base, to me, is damaging to our nation."

Corker and Trump engaged in a public feud in the fall. The senator first said in October that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, then Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis were the "people that help separate our country from chaos."

Trump fired back by stating on Twitter that Corker "didn't have the guts to run!" for another term.

To which, Corker responded by stating the White House had "become an adult day care center."