Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“He’d be the outlier if it didn’t happen. The closer you get to the midterms and then beyond, everybody is measuring their own state or congressional district, and maybe people are a little more independent.”
— Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), quoted by the New York Times, on Republican lawmakers distancing themselves from an increasingly unpopular President Trump.
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