Senate Republicans can save the country — and their party — from Trump
Senate Republicans can save the country — and their party — from Trump
Ezra Klein Vox.com
Congressional Republicans are suspicious of Trump. They should govern that way.
Let’s start with some simple math. Republicans are expected to hold 52 Senate seats in the 115th Congress. Of those 52 Republicans, 12 — Susan Collins, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Ben Sasse, Mike Lee, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Jeff Flake, Dean Heller, Lisa Murkowski, Cory Gardner, and Dan Sullivan — either refused to endorse Donald Trump or rescinded their endorsement and never clearly restored it during the campaign.
Of the 40 remaining Senate Republicans who did endorse Trump, more than a few have voiced doubts about the president-elect. Rand Paul called him a “delusional narcissist.” Ted Cruz said he was “utterly amoral” and “a pathological liar.” Marco Rubio warned that Trump was a “con artist” who was too “erratic” to control nuclear weapons. Lamar Alexander said Trump was “driving the presidential campaign to a new low.” Though all these Republicans eventually backed Trump out of loyalty to party, no one believes they changed their minds about his basic fitness for office.
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Ezra Klein Vox.com
Congressional Republicans are suspicious of Trump. They should govern that way.
Let’s start with some simple math. Republicans are expected to hold 52 Senate seats in the 115th Congress. Of those 52 Republicans, 12 — Susan Collins, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Ben Sasse, Mike Lee, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Jeff Flake, Dean Heller, Lisa Murkowski, Cory Gardner, and Dan Sullivan — either refused to endorse Donald Trump or rescinded their endorsement and never clearly restored it during the campaign.
Of the 40 remaining Senate Republicans who did endorse Trump, more than a few have voiced doubts about the president-elect. Rand Paul called him a “delusional narcissist.” Ted Cruz said he was “utterly amoral” and “a pathological liar.” Marco Rubio warned that Trump was a “con artist” who was too “erratic” to control nuclear weapons. Lamar Alexander said Trump was “driving the presidential campaign to a new low.” Though all these Republicans eventually backed Trump out of loyalty to party, no one believes they changed their minds about his basic fitness for office.
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