Posted on 07/31/2020 3:09:54 PM PDT by Rennes Templar
Washington (CNN)Sen. Mitch McConnell is allowing Republican Senate candidates to do whatever it takes to salvage their campaigns ahead of what Republicans increasingly fear could be a devastating election for their party.
In recent weeks, the Senate majority leader has become so concerned over Republicans losing control of the Senate that he has signaled to vulnerable GOP senators in tough races that they could distance themselves from the President if they feel it is necessary, according to multiple senior Republicans including a source close to McConnell.
That could mean breaking with Trump on the administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic and the continued efforts by the President to paint an optimistic picture despite rising cases and deaths across parts of the country, especially in many Republican states in the South and Midwest.
While this may give some senators the flexibility to draw a distinction between themselves and the President, it also forces them to walk a tightrope. Trump remains enormously popular with the Republican base, and any attempts to undercut him risks alienating those voters.
"These vulnerable senators can't afford to explicitly repudiate Trump," said one senior Republican on Capitol Hill. "They just need to show they are independent on issues important in their states."
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If necessary.
But why do they think it would be necessary?
These guys are in the bubble.
Time to retire Mitch and get someone that’s not Wishy Washy
McConnell and CNN report? NOPE DOPES!
CNN is fake news.
We should always remember that Trump is not a Republican. He’s an independent nationalist who ran on the Republican ticket.
A sure way to lose!
I guess any candidate that distances themselves from
President Trump can just ride SloJo’s coat tails right
into oblivion.
If it werent for getting judges confirmed, McConnell would be a Ryan type failure.
A losing strategy from a loser.
There may be some truth to it, but every election cycle we hear the same shit.
I have no doubt Collins and MurCOWski are more than happy to distance themselves, but if they truly believe the polls, internal or otherwise, they are not in touch with reality on the ground, IMO.
What a curious article and I recommend everyone actually read it. It’s a masterpiece of the art of weaving disparate threads together and tying them into one narrative
Isn't that why senators get elected?
Wow! Talk about a failure to read the electorate ...!
I'm old enough to remember stories exactly like this in 2016...
The winning strategy that handed the House to the Dems.
With a major assist, or maybe active sabotage, by Tim Ryan.
Who is Tim Ryan?
The TURDle likely pent time at Epstein island with some boys. Both he and Lynda Graham have “history”. I bet TURDle’s wife pays the pool boy real good.
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