Desperate times call for desperate measures. Fortune having delivered us into the maw of Trump The Destroyer, she has also delivered the invalided John McCain, who may well be absent from the Senate for the duration. Pence can break a tie, but he does not count towards the 51 Senators required to do business. They may have to kidnap Manchin, McCaskill and Heitcamp,but it's
through the bill of particulars on herschel walker. would be of the things that i thought was interesting was at the time last year when the associated press published a very detailed and damning story about walker s history of violent threats against women, senator mcconnell s top political operative on the outside, josh holmes, tweeted out that story and said, you know, this is one of the worst things i have ever seen, i guess, as a candidate. that seemed to signal that the mcconnell world, if not mcconnell himself, were very uncomfortable with his candidacy. obviously donald trump endorsed walker, and then mcconnell made a decision to endorse him and he is now the prohibitive favorite. obviously he will be the gop nominee in georgia. what i tried to get out of that interview was what was your thought process after absorbing
mcconnell s adviser josh holmes. he s a subsidiary of mcconnell world. there is no way you can tell me this was all a coincidence. those sentiment were echoed by four others who spoke on the condition of anonymity. although minority trump nor desantis have announced 2024 campaigns, the governor has seen his political prospect rise since the pandemic began. the subject of trump, one ex adviser says i don t think he likes people being more popular than him. that s part of it. joining us now senior national political reporter for nbc news, mark caputo.