CNN senior political commentator Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff under Barack Obama, adamantly dismissed Republicans on Friday who are only now “revolting” against President Donald Trump — and called them “a bunch of chumps.”

Emanuel joined “The Situation Room” to discuss Trump’s $1.776 “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” which a new lawsuit alleges could be used to finance far-right extremists who were involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and has led several GOP senators to push back.

“You have people who pillared the United States House and Senate. They were then punished by the Justice Department. They were then pardoned by Donald Trump — and now he wants to pay them,” Emanuel said Friday. “The four P’s. That’s what happened here.”

He continued, “And this is not gonna happen. And the Republicans, now they’re revolting only because they’re scared about their own future. What about the future of this country? What about the future of the families that literally can’t pay bills and gas right now?”

Emanuel went on to note that the national average cost for a gallon of gasoline is currently around $4.50, a full dollar higher “this Memorial Day” than it was last year. The MAGA leader’s attention appears to be elsewhere, such as on the pushback to his slush fund.

Trump sued the Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns during his first term, but withdrew it Monday in exchange for the $1.776 billion fund — which could well be used to compensate Trump’s allies for alleged political prosecution.

Several Republicans have condemned the fund and helped advance legislation Tuesday seeking to force Trump to withdraw from his Iran war, causing an apparent rift among the party ahead of midterm elections that many already felt could be disastrous for the GOP.

“So, all of a sudden, they’re worried,” Emanuel said Friday. “I mean, in my view, the Republicans in the House and Senate are acting like a bunch of chumps. They’re worried only because it impacts them, but they’ve been silent for the last two years or 18 months.”

Obama’s former chief of staff added that Trump “has actually adversely affected working families” during that time, made grocery bills and health care costs “much more expensive” while claiming otherwise — and failed to find long-term solutions to “affordable housing.”

“How about worrying about their future?” Emanuel said. “Not yours.”

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