Republican lawmakers slam Trump's "inappropriate" posts on Rob Reiner

• Trump said in a post on Truth Social that the Reiners died "reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding and incurable affliction ... known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME."
• Trump referred to Reiner, a vocal critic of his, as a "tortured and struggling, but once very talented" director who "was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump."
• Police have arrested the Reiners' son, Nick, in connection with the slayings.

What they're saying: "It is not Presidential," said Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a retiring swing-district moderate who has been one of Trump's most persistent GOP critics in Congress, said in a statement to Axios.

• "The couple were stabbed to death. Most Americans want more and better from our President," he added.
• Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), another swing district centrist, said in a post on X: "This statement is wrong. Regardless of one's political views, no one should be subjected to violence, let alone at the hands of their own son."
• "It's a horrible tragedy that should engender sympathy and compassion from everyone in our country, period," he said.

• "We should be lifting the family up in prayer, not making this about politics," Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.) wrote on X.

The intrigue: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a right-wing Trump ally-turned-critic, posted on X, "This is a family tragedy, not about politics or political enemies."

• At virtually the same time, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a conservative libertarian, posted on X that Trump's comments are "inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just brutally murdered."
• He added: "I guess my elected GOP colleagues, the VP, and White House staff will just ignore it because they're afraid? I challenge anyone to defend it."

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on this story.