Collins has nothing to gain or lose. She is political toast no matter what. Beyond which, Gaetz needs to attend to his own business and leave the Senate to McConnell. The turtle is not loved on FR. But he is exactly the right man for this job. He is the smoothest political operative to run the Senate since Lyndon Johnson back in the 1950s. Most people go to sleep counting sheep. Mitch nods off counting votes and reciting arcane rules of parliamentary procedure. He is not a miracle worker. But if something is actually doable in the Senate, and he is on your side, he will get it done. He knows the levers of power and whose back needs scratching and who he needs to lean on. Gaetz needs to shut up and let the man do his job. If he wants to comment on the Senate, he can run in the next election.
There is clearly something corrupt between McConnell and China, his wife perhaps the root of it.
But I give him all the credit in the world for his work in getting judicial nominees through.
If I have to turn my face from the corruption I feel haunts his footsteps in order to help preserve the Republic, I believe I have to make that choice.
It is that important.