I think he`s right. And I think he`s trying to create some distance between himself and Trump. Mitch tends to play the long game. And I don`t think he wants to bind himself to Trump in such a way that when, as, and if Trump collapses, Mitch goes down with him.
Sheldon Whitehouse discusses Mitch McConnell's approach to distancing himself from Trump.
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