Former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that President Donald Trump has "drifted away" from the Constitution, adding to agrowing list of former top military officials who have strongly criticized the President's response to the nationwide protests surrounding the police killing of George Floyd.

In contrast, he called out Republican lawmakers for largely staying silent on Trump's response last week to the national unrest.

"I watched the senators heading into the chamber the other day after all this broke, with the reporters saying, 'What do you have to say? What do they you to say?'" he said."They had nothing to say. They would not react."

The former Republican official also said he is he is planning to vote for Democrat Joe Biden for president in November, again voting against Trump as he had done in 2016.

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