“After four years of looking the other way and pretending not to read his tweets, a growing number of Republican senators are suddenly attempting to distance themselves from Donald Trump and rewrite history about their support for a president who, at least according to public polls, is likely headed for a big loss in next month’s election. The epiphany some GOP senators are having just two weeks before Election Day may have less to do with their convictions and more about positioning themselves politically for a post-Trump world if the polls prove right and Joe Biden becomes president. Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), an advocate of public decency who voted against Trump’s impeachment, offered the loudest critique of the president during a phone call with constituents last week. He said Trump has mishandled the coronavirus pandemic, curries favor with dictators, mistreats women, flirts with white supremacists and mocks evangelicals behind their backs. The on-again, off-again Trump critic who has been discussed as a potential 2024 presidential candidate, warned of a “bloodbath” that could cost Republicans the Senate next year, adding, “that’s why I’ve never been on the Trump train.” Sasse isn’t the only Republican who fears losing a Senate majority under a blowout Biden win. Vulnerable GOP incumbents have started speaking about that possibility in recent weeks and playing up their bipartisan credentials. “The best check on a Biden presidency is for Republicans to have a majority in the Senate,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said earlier this month in an interview with Politico. Hilary Swift/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb) speaks during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Sasse has been criticizing President Donald Trump recently, and told his constituents in a telephone town hall meeting that the president has “flirted with white supremacists” and “kisses dictators’ butts.” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who is also facing a tough reelection battle, told a Texas newspaper last week that he privately disagreed with Trump on issues such as spending, trade and his proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Yet Cornyn has been a steadfast supporter of Trump and his agenda in the Senate, voting twice in favor of repurposing funding for military construction projects to build the border wall. Speaking with the editorial board of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Cornyn compared his relationship with Trump to a troubled marriage: “Maybe like a lot of women who get married and think they’re going to change their spouse, and that doesn’t usually work out very well.” Even the notoriously reticent Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has distanced himself from Trump in recent weeks. He stressed the importance of basic public health steps like mask-wearing, which Trump mocks, and criticized the White House over its lax coronavirus protocols. More recently, McConnell has resisted Trump’s calls for a larger stimulus package in negotiations between top administration officials and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). The Senate this week will vote on a slimmed-down $500 billion package that is seen as a face-saving move for vulnerable GOP senators, far short of what Trump and Democrats have been discussing. Trump responded to his GOP critics over the weekend, saying that Sasse has returned to his “stupid and obnoxious ways” and had been “nice” to him before winning renomination to his Senate seat in May. At a rally in Nevada on Sunday, Trump said Republicans have to learn “to stick together.” “We have some stupid people,” Trump said of the GOP. “It’s been this way for decades. I don’t know what the hell is in the blood. … They’re just a bunch of wimps.”
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