Split Decision Could Cause Dual Backlash In Maine

Rep. Jared Golden’s (D-ME) “unusual choice to charge Mr. Trump with abuse of power but not with obstruction of Congress has left Mr. Golden open to a backlash from Republicans and independents who oppose impeaching the president and Democrats who are determined that he should be removed at all costs,” the New York Times reports.

“The decision by Mr. Golden is part of a larger bet animating his first term in Congress: that his willingness to openly flout some of the key orthodoxies of his party will appeal enough to his famously independent-minded constituents to help him hang onto his seat, rather than prompt voters to run him out of office.”