corker was one of the president s key validators among mainstream republicans. on the short list for vice president, auditioning alongside trump on the campaign trail. at the election, he interviewed for the job as secretary of state. when that didn t pan out, he went on to vote for every single one of the president s cabinet nominees, including ones like tom price who have since resigned. plus almost every effort in the senate to repeal and replace obamacare. in what must be a relief to corker s colleagues, the senate is not in session this week. majority leader mitch mcconnell at an event in his home state of kentucky defended corker as a valued member of the caucus. white house counselor kellyanne conway was lessen newsed, skoelgd corker without the slightest hint of irony for what she said was an incredibly irresponsible tweet. corker s comments are representative of his republican pierce. but not because they don t agree, no. in one of the ultimate examples of saying the quiet par