GOP Senators turn on Trump over policies hurting ‘MAGA people’

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00:00GOP senators turn on Trump over policies hurting MAGA people.

00:04Republican senators are turning on President Donald Trump, warning that his plan to cut

00:09funding for blue state projects could harm conservative voters.

00:13When asked whether she approves of Trump's threats to cut major projects like the $16

00:17billion Hudson River rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey, Senate Appropriations

00:22Committee Chair Susan Collins told The Hill's Alexander Bolton,

00:26No, I'm not for that. I'm not in favor of that, Collins said.

00:30Collins then shifted some of the blame to Democrats, saying they need to do more to end the shutdown.

00:36What we really need is for the Democrats to be more cooperative in opening government.

00:41It is very telling last week that they voted against bringing regular appropriations bills

00:45to the Senate floor and that they also are blocking the appointment of conferees for the

00:49three bills we passed months ago.

00:51Senator Lisa Murkowski cautioned that by targeting blue states, the Trump administration

00:56is also harming its own base.

00:58You show me one blue state in America where you don't have pockets, maybe even big pockets,

01:04of Republicans, of conservatives, of MAGA people, of pro-Trump.

01:10Do we not care about them? Murkowski warned.

01:13Are we just saying, if you don't like it, you should move to a place where you've got a

01:16Republican governor? It makes no sense.

01:19Why are we being punitive? It's hard enough when the government is not operating as it should be.

01:24Let's not be punitive to Americans just to score political points.

01:28Bolton also interviewed Kansas Senator Jerry Moran, who claimed that federal funding should

01:32be distributed based on merit, not politics. When pressed on whether he supports Trump cutting

01:38off funding during the shutdown, Moran said, no, I don't. He added, it is not about what political party,

01:45what color your state is associated with. It's about the value of the project,

01:49which is determined by Congress and implemented by the administration.

01:53Senator Shelley Moore Capito said Republican payback could easily backfire,

01:58hurting their own side. When Bolton questioned if it's right to pull funding from blue states

02:03solely for having Democratic representation in Washington, Capito said, I wouldn't think so.

02:08She added, the shoe's going to be on the other foot someday,

02:11and I don't think that's a good precedent to set.