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.

Republicans are once again circling the wagons around Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he faces backlash for ordering the military to kill survivors of a missile strike in the Caribbean Sea.

Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri had the most full-throated defense of Hegseth, writing on X that "Democrats never wanted [Hegseth]. He was and is a threat to permanent Washington’s status quo.”

Schmitt continued, "And for their next act? —They want him tried for war crimes. Yep—war crimes. They intend to prosecute another political opponent. They have lost it. Congressional Democrats are fueled by a radicalized Leftist ba

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