CNN: McConnell signal to Republican Senate candidates: Distance from Trump if necessary

I spoke to CNN‘s Mike Warren about what the covid negotiations can tell us about the state of the Senate races.

Liam Donovan, a Republican strategist, said this kind of negotiating by endangered GOP senators in the stimulus bill “tells you everything you need to know” about the state of the election and the expectation that Trump is heading toward defeat.

“Vulnerable members desperately need something to get done while their ambitious colleagues in safe seats are writing off 2020 and thinking about how what they do and say now will look in 2024,” said Donovan.

You can read the full piece here.

I should note that I pushed back on the framing of this story on twitter:

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