Trump's Attacks on McConnell Are a Problem for the GOP

Some hot takes have been surfacing recently about how former President Trump is losing influence in the Republican Party, or is ever so slightly fading from the spotlight, and the new twist is that this strengthens Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. That with his conference behind him, “the Old Crow,” as Trump calls the longtime Kentucky senator, is free to cheer on the House Select Committee investigating Jan. 6 and tell Trump, “You do you.”

Part of this theory — that the grip McConnell has over Senate Republicans is more...