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The South Carolina Republican also suggested that some members of the administration may need to consider leaving if Trump continues to disregard their advice to stand firm against Russia.<\/p>\n
That concern has dominated discourse in Washington since Trump\u2019s summit with Putin in Helsinki last week, at which he spoke more harshly of the FBI than of Russia.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt can be proven beyond any evidentiary burden that Russia is not our friend and they tried to attack us in 2016,\u201d Gowdy told host Bret Baier. \u201cSo the president either needs to rely on the people that he has chosen to advise him, or those advisers need to reevaluate whether or not they can serve in this administration. But the disconnect cannot continue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Earlier this weekend, U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman penned an op-ed for a Utah newspaper in which he said he would not resign, saying he felt he is very much needed in the role.<\/p>\n
Gowdy struck a tone of admonishment on Trump\u2019s refusal to side with the U.S. intelligence community\u2019s assessment of Russian electoral meddling \u2014 comments that the president later partially walked back.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m glad he corrected it,\u201d Gowdy said, \u201cbut when you\u2019re the leader of the free world, every syllable matters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, Gowdy urged Trump to separate concerns about Russian interference from the investigations into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have not seen one scintilla of evidence that this president colluded, conspired, confederated with Russia,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd neither has anyone else, or you may rest assured Adam Schiff would have leaked it,\u201d he said, referring to the Democratic congressman from California.<\/p>\n
Congressional Democrats continued Sunday to be skeptical of the response of their Republican colleagues on the Russia issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it comes to defending the country, they’re not willing to follow through\u201d Schiff said on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week.\u201d<\/p>\n
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