McConnell: I cannot support this "slanted" January 6 commission
Tweet Yesterday afternoon he said Senate Republicans were undecided, then last night Trump put out a statement slamming the commission proposal. Today McConnell’s come out against it. It’s tempting from that set of facts to conclude that Trump cowed him into opposing the idea, but according to Axios it’s not true. McConnell told GOP senators at lunch yesterday that he would vote no. What’s interesting is that it seems he’s not sure he’ll have 41 votes to filibuster it. You’d expect the caucus to feel intimidated into solidarity on a matter like the commission, which populist b...