At Least Five GOP Senators Would Not Vote for Matt Gaetz

NBC News: “At least five Senate Republicans — Sens. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma and Sen-elect John Curtis of Utah — were a ‘no’ on Gaetz and had communicated to other senators and those close to Trump that they were unlikely going to be swayed.”

“One of the sources told NBC News that at least 20, and as many as 30, Senate Republicans were very uncomfortable about having to vote for Gaetz on the Senate floor. Gaetz could only afford to lose three Republicans in a floor vote, if Vance had cast a tie-breaking vote.”

Philip Bump: Historically brief, but Gaetz’s Cabinet bid still did a lot of damage.