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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The old elevator operator.
Few states will split tickets. I wouldn’t put much stock in these “anonymous” sources, this is article is just meant to demoralize Republicans.
Cnn reports or babylon bee no difference
Oops my bad, I meant Paul Ryan. Tim Ryan is a Dem Congressman, but was not the Ryan I was thinking about.
Ok, thanks.
Wishful thinking on the communist news network.
DISTANCE FROM MCCONNELL!!
Collins is clearly the lesser of two evils...the *very* best that we can expect from Maine.
And distancing herself from the President is her only hope of victory.That's how utterly filthy Maine has become.
It stinks to high heavens of course...but the only other option is much,*much* worse.
McConnell is not and never has been a supporter of the President. He has his own agenda and that’s all he cares about.
Sooo ... McConnell is the same as he’s always been.
“We should always remember that Trump is not a Republican. He’s an independent nationalist who ran on the Republican ticket.”
Well, he’s nontraditional, anyway. And that’s why he is a good president.
LOL. Fake News recycling articles from 2016 again?
the ones that distant themselves from Trump will lose ... period ...
CNN, not worth a crap.
Anybody with half a brain could get Judges confirmed.
McConnell meets that requirement, the missing half is why he is no leader.
Goodbye Mitch!
Time for RINOS to FOAD!!
Ain’t new. He did tjis in 2016 and 2018
Do it your own peril
Unnamed Sources is still alive
Rush reported today that POTUS has a 50% approval rating. Sounds like a plan, Mitch!
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