First Read: “We get McConnell’s strategy: He’s decided to take any political heat now to avoid any future political heat arising from this commission later.”
“But in the process, he’s letting Trump off the hook, once again allowing the former president to slip accountability (either by exhausting his allies and the opposition, or simply by taking them hostage).”
“This commission shouldn’t be controversial: The top House Republican on the Homeland Security Committee negotiated it with the top Democrat. Yet unless something changes, what McConnell and Senate Republicans are doing is capitulating to Trump — different from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s capitulation.”
“But it’s capitulation none the less.”
