.MaddowBlog: As striking as it was to see so many Republicans simply ignore Trump as he stomped his feet about the infrastructure bill, the former president's orders may not have been entirely irrelevant.
Three Republicans in the original group of 21 senators who endorsed the bipartisan physical infrastructure framework will oppose the legislation enacting it. In recent days, GOP Sens. Jerry Moran of Kansas, Todd Young of Indiana and Mike Rounds of South Dakota announced they would not support the final infrastructure bill, citing concerns about the deficit and some of its provisions. Moran and Young are up for reelection in 2022 and are both former chairs of the Senate GOP campaign arm.
At face value, their opposition may not have seemed especially notable. Rounds, Young, and Moran each represent reliably"red" states, so it was hardly a shock to see the conservative senators oppose the measure, along with most of their Republican colleagues. But when it came time to actually pass the bill, these three opposed the bipartisan deal anyway, even when they realized it was going to clear the chamber easily.
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