When a “senior administration official” quoted by Politico says that “there is this misunderstanding all these people want to go out there and defend us,” it doesn’t take a lot of imagination to fill in who holds that misunderstanding: the guy who needs to be defended. Someone should offer Donald Trump a list of the Republicans who refused to go on television to talk about the news that Trump tried to pressure James Comey into dropping the investigation of Michael Flynn’s Russia ties, because that list is substantial:
"We reached out to 20 Republican senators [and] representatives to appear on CBS This Morning," co-anchor Norah O'Donnell said. "All declined our invitation."
Twenty! And it wasn’t just CBS trying and failing. Chris Hayes reported a similar experience. But maybe most noteworthy is this:
Bret Baier, on Fox, said: "We've tried [but] there aren't Republicans willing to go on camera tonight."
If Republicans aren’t willing to face up to Fox News, you know there’s trouble.