The Senate’s most vulnerable Democrats in next year’s elections are keeping quiet about former President Donald Trump’s new criminal indictment for trying to overturn the 2020 election.
“[Voters] like the incumbents, that’s why those incumbents are in office,” he said. “But give them a reason to dislike the incumbents and that could change radically. Saying less, not more, is probably a very smart move to make.”
The most vulnerable Senate Democrats include Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, Jon Tester of Montana, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Democrat-turned-independent Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. With Congress on August recess, the indictment’s timing provides an opportune time for lawmakers to evade reporters’ questions.
Mr. Tester was the lone senator to respond to The Washington Times’ request for comment. A spokesperson for the three-term senator took a neutral stance compared to his liberal colleagues and refrained from denouncing Mr.“Sen. Tester believes everyone should be treated fairly and without bias during a criminal investigation, and he expects the treatment of former Presidentwill be no different,” a Tester spokesperson said.
Mr. Sheinkopf said he would advise the other vulnerable Senate Democrats to take Mr. Tester’s “very smart” approach, arguing that it speaks to Trump voters by calling for “fairness.”
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