Despite some important exceptions, most Republican senators failed to uphold the Framer’s vision, while betraying their own constitutional originalism and conservative principals of representation.
As I noted last week, the Framers predicted the Senate “will always be of the number of those who best understand our national interests … and whose reputation for integrity inspires and merits confidence.”
Forty-three senators, all Republicans, failed to meet those standards. CONTINUED
Mark Mellman (Mellman Group), The Hill