MCRAVEN: “It’s time for new leadership”
KELLY: wish there were “additional choices” in Nov
COATS: Still a Republican, but the American people will decide Nov
MAGUIRE: “I’m in alignment w their views” re: Mattis et al
w @EricSchmittNYT >
nytimes.com/2020/06/06/us/…
@RepRooney considering voting Biden
@JeffFlake in touch w @ChrisCoons on a Biden rollout
And Coons quietly working Senate Rs, who may privately back Biden
nytimes.com/2020/06/06/us/…
long pause
“Do we keep the Senate?”
But nuance aside: there’s a lot of prominent Rs and national security types who are wrestling w how and when to say they won’t vote for Trump and whether to be openly for Biden
And that decision-making got accelerated this week