Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions.

The so-called party of limited government is straight up gleeful about President Donald Trump's authoritarian takeover of Washington, D.C., claiming to be scared to walk the streets of the nation’s capital.

In other words, the fraidy cat Republicans are literal cowards this week.

Dozens of Republican lawmakers made up lies about Washington being a crime-filled mess in order to defend Trump’s deployment of federal agents and the National Guard—a massive power grab and waste of resources.

Perhaps the most egregious liar was GOP Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee who claimed that he sleeps in his office because he

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