'What Murkowski is hoping, in raw political terms, is that Mattis' credibility and the high esteem in which he is held by many Republicans will serve as a sort of tipping point. ... The early returns are, uh, not promising,' writes CillizzaCNN
Asked her thoughts Thursday about former Defense Secretary James Mattis' excoriation of President Donald Trump's behavior in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd, the Alaska Republican said this:"When I saw General Mattis' comments yesterday I felt like perhaps we are getting to a point where we can be more honest with the concerns that we might hold internally and have the courage of our own convictions to speak up.
In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Click to subscribe! After all, some of Trump's most vocal critics within the party have, with no real explanation as to why, pivoted into his most ardent defenders. "I think he's a kook," Graham said of Trump in 2016."I think he's crazy. I think he's unfit for office." "Donald Trump is a delusional narcissist and an orange-faced windbag," Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said in 2016."Whatever lie he's telling, at that minute he believes it ...
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