Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump may look back on Thursday as the day their relationship fundamentally changed. Both heretofore stalwart Trump defenders and skeptical, moderates joined forces to embarrass the president.
To get the ball rolling Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., gave up on the canard he could not bring up anything for a vote Trump wouldn't sign. That was aimed at protecting McConnell from being undercut (again) but also at shielding Trump from an embarrassing display of disloyalty. He brought up the clean continuing resolution -- something he vowed he would never do -- and let a vote proceed.