.MaddowBlog: Making the case against witnesses, GOP’s Blunt says a bit too much
Late last week, as the debate in the Senate simmered over whether to include new witness testimony in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, Sen. Roy Blunt offered a candid assessment.
Yesterday, as the editorial board of the New York Times noted, Blunt echoed the same sentiment in response to reporting on former White House National Security Advisor John Bolton’s book, which appears to knock down the central pillar of the White House’s defense. Roy Blunt, in trying to sound a pragmatic note, inadvertently insulted Senate Republicans in ways his colleagues should – but won’t – find rather offensive.
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