Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are spinning their way through the minefield that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) created by blithely declaring he’d structure Trump’s trial in “total coordination” with Trump’s legal team. ADADThis is not a good spot for Collins and Ernst. Thus, McConnell has already failed by the very standard that Collins belatedly tried to apply to Schumer. However, McConnell’s public declaration also does this: Collins plainly cannot be too associated with a process that (as McConnell telegraphed) will be rigged to protect Trump. ADADI don’t claim to know whether the stance adopted by Collins and Ernst will ultimately cost them their seats in 2020.

Source: Washington Post December 17, 2019 15:16 UTC