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After another damaging story — this one revealing that President Trump had divulged classified information to Russians in the Oval Office — was published last week, most Republicans in the Senate were still carefully choosing their words.

But Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker didn't hold back: "Obviously, they're in a downward spiral right now and have got to figure out a way to come to grips with all that's happening," he told reporters.

The two-word phrase he used in his Southern drawl — "downward spiral" — was soon splashed on front pages of newspapers across the country and repeated on cable news. Corker had — perhaps inadvertently — become the face of the small group of Republicans willing to rebuke the president.

But to hear Corker tell it, when he speaks out, his comments don't come as a surprise to the president or White House staff.

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