'You’re roadkill in the middle'
Murkowski aptly describes the problem facing moderate Republicans.
I would like to thank Sen. Lisa Murkowski for illustrating the exact point I was trying to make with this column just before I filed on Tuesday. She voted for the “big beautiful bill” and then told reporters that she hopes the House sends it back to the Senate for more work because “we’re not there yet.” [insert head-desk gif here]
But it’s not hard to figure out what happened. A few weeks ago, she commented that lawmakers are afraid to speak up because of how President Trump might retaliate. More recently, she told CNN that “you’re roadkill in the middle,” channeling Texas writer Jim Hightower, who wrote a book titled: There’s Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Lines and Dead Armadillos.
Read my column here for more about Trump’s effect on the Republican middle and what that means for voter representation.
