On the day that Democrats walked an article of impeachment to the Senate and Republicans wrestled with questions about former President Trump
“Our country is polarized right now. It’s kind of shirts and skins, isn’t it? That makes it more difficult to find that common ground because elected officials aren’t rewarded for that,” he said at a press conference announcing he would leave the Senate at the end of 2022.
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“What they’re rewarded for is throwing out the red meat on a talk show. That isn’t conducive to solving the serious problems we face as a country,” said Portman, a veteran of the Bush White House whose pro-trade, pro-business brand of Republicanism sometimes conflicted with Trump’s “America First” nationalism.