“The Left is going to hammer him, no matter what he does, so he might as well do the right thing.”
I agree, but it’s easy for us to tell him to take the hammering, as we aren’t trying to get re-elected this year...it’s just the reality of the situation and human nature - he’s human, and our side is stuck with that.
Better to get hammered for taking action, than to get hammered for inaction.