Mike Murphy

It's like a swarm here in LA.

You can't avoid them.

We need to start up a school to properly educate the young'uns here.

No, I agree.

I mean, it's kind of an interesting mixture.

On one hand, this bill, hey, let's have a COP assault payola fund, is so odious and horrible that even the Gumby-like flexibility of the modern Republican elected federal official is like more bending than even they can do.

But Trump's also got what I call the rotary revolt going on, which is the Senate is a combination of

Rotary Club and Nursing Home.

And they're, you know, they're their own thing.

And they like Cornyn.

And what they liked even more was having some hope they can hang on to majority, which by rights and by the nature of the states that are up this year, they should be able to.

But this Democratic kill Trump wave, which is now a national Democrats and independents, even some Republicans punish Trump wave is threatening the Senate.

And so the one they felt pretty good about Texas, Trump pops up and endorses the biggest loser in the history of Republican Party, this corrupt Paxton guy killing their friend Cornyn.

So there there's just good old institutional slash personal rage going on.

And they're looking for ways to punish him in this odious payola thing and the blimp hanger, too.

That's wobbling.

And then he's got the Revenge Caucus, which are people he screwed with who lost primaries or could have lost primaries.

You know, obviously, Cassidy in Louisiana, you got Tillis.

And then you've got Susan Collins, who's trying to figure out the tango to survive.

So all of a sudden, his grip in the Senate is a lot weaker and they're acting up.