Op-Ed: Republicans want to win — and Trump's now a loser (via latimesopinion)
If Mitch McConnell had picked Senate candidates for the midterms, without interference from Trump, Republicans would likely have picked up several seats.
But on Friday, when Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland announced the appointment of Jack Smith as a special counsel to investigate Trump’s possession of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago — the point of that search last August — the response from Republicans was muted. Garland also gave Smith part of the Jan. 6 portfolio.
Admittedly, if you were only casually following the media coverage it wouldn’t seem muted. But most of the Republicans claiming to be outraged by the appointment are the same Republicans who are always outraged by everything. Trump, of course, threw a tantrum. He said that among “the gravest threats to our civilization…. None is greater than the weaponization of the justice system, the FBI, and the DOJ.” He then proceeded to clarify what he meant by “our civilization”: Me.
But House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said nothing. Mitch McConnell — who doesn’t love Trump but stillSome other presidential wannabes offered mostly tepid criticism. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and former Secretary of State
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