Republicans Urge Embattled Incumbents to Speak Out

“Senior Republican Party leaders began urging their most imperiled incumbents on Wednesday to speak out about the wrongdoing surrounding President Trump,” the New York Times reports.

Said Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK): “Where there’s smoke, and there’s a lot of smoke, there may well be fire.”

“By urging some candidates to speak out or at least stay silent, Republican leaders who gravely fear losing control of the House risked opening the first significant rift between the Trump White House and the Republican-controlled Capitol.”