Former GOP Sen. Corker, : "My observations about his character and his conduct certainly have been validated, unfortunately, with people's lives being lost. And our country appearing to be run by a tin pot dictator to people around the world.” https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/10/bob-corker-future-trump-456588
Corker had warned of Cabinet keeping Trump from "chaos," the he might start World War III, that he didn't have the stability to lead.

Capitol riots allowed “his true character [to be] revealed in a way that hopefully will diminish his impact on our country in the future,
Corker not running out a future run for executive office but has not considered running against Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee.

GOP had been "a party of adults, and people who make tough decisions. Obviously, that hasn't been the case," he says
Manchin: “I give Bob credit for speaking out. Bob did speak out. And Bob tried to do the best he could from a very disadvantaged situation. Because Trump still had the support of the people.”
To get a sense on where Rs stand on pushing Trump out of office right now, here's what an ex-senator who feuded with Trump says

Corker: "We’re better off just letting him ease on out of here. Never to return again.”
Corker does not regret his vote for Trump in 2016, which he says he made at the "last-second." He did not vote for Trump in 2020, did not vote for Biden either. He wrote in someone he thought represented who a president should be. He won't say who that is but he may in time
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