21 Cowardly GOP Senators Show ‘Extreme Contempt’ For Trump But Only In Private

The senators, Bernstein tweeted, include the five who have congratulated Joe Biden on his election victory despite Trump’s refusal to concede: Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.).

Also included in Bernstein’s list are several Senate GOP leaders – though notably not Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell – including Senate GOP Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) and his predecessor John Cornyn (R-Tex.), Senate GOP No. 4 Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and newly elected NRSC Chair Rick Scott (R-Fla.).

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who Trump mocked as “little Marco” when they faced off in the 2016 campaign but who has since become a firm Trump backerin public, is on the list, though Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), who sustained some of Trump’s harshest attacksin 2016, is not.

Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) Pat Roberts (R-Kans.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who have broken with Trump in either calling forthe transition to start or for Biden to receive classified intelligence briefings, are on the list.

The list also includes Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the Senate GOP’s only black member, outgoing Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), and Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kans.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.).