Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) says President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE and his family are a “distraction” from the GOP's attempts to enact its legislative agenda.

Simpson on Wednesday told Politico that he doesn’t “even pay any attention to what is going on with the administration because I don't care.”

“They're a distraction. The family is a distraction, the president is a distraction," Simpson said. "At first, it was 'Well yeah, this is the guy we elected. He'll learn, he'll learn.' And you just don't see that happening."

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GOP lawmakers are beginning to express frustration with Republicans’ inability to pass major legislation since Trump took office after their attempts to repeal and replace ObamaCare in the Senate collapsed this week.

Controversies have plagued the Trump administration since Election Day, with key figures like son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner and Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsGOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status MORE becoming embroiled in the investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia in that country's efforts to influence the presidential election.

Donald Trump Jr. and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will publicly testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday about their meeting with a Russian lawyer last year, and Kushner will testify in a closed session before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday.