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Mitch McConnell Is Trump’s Judge and Jury

Will He Also Be His Executioner?

Jeff Timmer
Nov 7 · 4 min read

Donald Trump’s presidency has been seen to hinge on his ability to engender [take your pick] personal or party loyalty, servility, transactional greed, fear, or some combination of these traits of no less than 34 of the 53 Republicans in the United States Senate. That’s been the conventional wisdom. But conventional wisdom can be wrong.

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Jeff Timmer

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Michigan political expert. Campaign strategist. Writer. Communicator. Persuader. Erstwhile GOP consultant. Outspoken Trump critic. Skilled in smartassery.

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