Former senator calls on fellow Republicans to talk with the president more

NPR | By Mallory Yu,

Juana Summers, Sarah Handel

Published May 20, 2026 at 2:41 PM MDT

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Lamar Alexander, former Republican senator from Tennessee and governor of that state, about how he thinks current senators should respond to President Trump.

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