“Senior Republicans are crediting Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton’s surprise break with President Trump for preventing a flood of his GOP colleagues from objecting to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory,” the Washington Examiner reports.
Cotton Halted Landslide of GOP Objections In Senate
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