Gardner as Trump Scold? Why It Makes Sense — and Why It Doesn’t

Gardner as Trump Scold? Why It Makes Sense — and Why It Doesn’t

January 29, 2018

For an exception to the rule that it doesn’t pay for a congressional Republican on the rise to cross President Donald Trump, the curious case of Senator Cory Gardner may provide the current best example. “He won by calling himself ‘a new kind of Republican,’ and so be it if that means being outspoken when he disagrees with the president,” said Steve Gordon, Total Spectrum’s Managing Partner, a long-time GOP operative, and veteran of Gardner’s 2014 campaign. “That’s just who he is, and fortunately for him it’s also good politics at home.”