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9 Feb, 6 tweets, 2 min read

Thune to me on Cheney saying don’t embrace Trump: "If we want to speak to the issues that people in this country care about, the longer we're tied to a personality -- a cult of personality -- I just don't think that's a good durable model for the future.” cnn.com/2021/02/08/pol…

Murkowski: "I think we're in a place where Donald Trump is gone -- and in terms of his role in party, that has yet to be determined. But I have not embraced the party of Donald Trump. I'm looking for the Republican Party."

"In eight years in Congress, I probably had a hundred votes that I could have gone either way, and I maybe second-guessed a little bit," said Rep. Tom Rice, the South Carolina Republican who was censured by his state party for his vote. "This is not one of them."

“Can I say that's a dumb question?" said Rep. Dan Newhouse, a Republican of Washington, when asked if he has any regrets about his vote after getting backlash from Trump supporters. "I do not regret it."

“When push comes to shove, I'm gonna stand with the Constitution, which is why I actually I'm at peace with it," said Herrera Beutler, who added she’s not worried about a primary challenge caused by her impeachment vote. “Because that's what I said I'd do in the first place."

"Hell no," Rep. John Katko said when asked if he had any regrets for his vote to impeach Trump.

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Manu Raju

@mkraju

9 Feb

I asked Marco Rubio if he believes Trump was responsible for riot: "I hold responsible the people who did it. Now do I believe that the things leading up to it that was foreseeable...

“... that you invite that all these people to the city, some element of that, ginned up appropriately could lead to something bad? I don't know if anyone could have told you that's the way it played out, but you certainly worry about it.

“I wish there had been more awareness of that. Words do have consequences. I'm not sure if it rises to the level of a crime, and if it does, and people believe it does, then let a U.S. attorney go to a grand jury and get an indictment and let someone sue,” Rubio said

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Manu Raju

@mkraju

9 Feb

Lots of criticism from Republicans over Trump attorney Castor. John Cornyn:“And then I thought the President's lawyer the first lawyer just rambled on and on and on and didn't really address the constitutional argument. That was it was not one of the finest I've seen.”

@karoun

“I don't think the lawyers did the most effective job," said Sen. Ted Cruz to @karoun when asked about Trump's lawyers. He added that Rep. Jamie Raskin was "impressive" and a "serious lawyer."

Bill Cassidy: “Anyone who listened to President Trump's legal team saw they were unfocused, they attempted to avoid the issue. And they talked about everything but the issue at hand."

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Manu Raju

@mkraju

9 Feb

Hawley votes no on the Trump trial’s organizing resolution. So does Ron Johnson. It was negotiated by leaders of both parties

Cruz and Paul also voted no

Hagerty, the new senator who replaced Lamar Alexander, also a NO

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Manu Raju

@mkraju

4 Feb

Adam Kinzinger so far is the lone Republican to vote for the resolution to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments

Rep. Fitzpatrick is the second Republican to vote for the resolution

John Katko just told me he will vote for it

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Manu Raju

@mkraju

3 Feb

New details here about a long meeting in the GOP steering committee about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s future, per multiple sources.

- The GOP Steering Committee has NOT made a decision yet on whether to strip her from her committee assignments and will meet again tomorrow.

- Kevin McCarthy did not weigh in one way or the other on what he thought should be done.
- McCarthy met with Greene, but she didn’t meet with Steering. In relaying how meeting with Greene went, McCarthy gave NO indication Greene showed remorse or contrition for past comments

- While there’s a belief that she should off her two committees among the GOP members, there’s a concern about punishing members for things they did before winning their election.
- There’s also concern about the precedent it would set if Dems strip her assignments in floor vote

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Manu Raju

@mkraju

2 Feb

The No. 2 House Republican, Steve Scalise, said this to me when asked if Marjorie Taylor Greene should lose her commiteee spots. “Look we're gonna be talking about all this in conference tomorrow,” he said, adding he still hadn’t spoken with Kevin McCarthy.

Asked if he had any concerns over her views, Scalise said to me: “I’ve been very very vocal about that.”

Scalise may be referring to his past criticism of Greene during last year’s primary, though he ultimately set aside those concerns after she won her runoff. cnn.com/2020/09/16/pol…

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