Trump troubles open path for Senate GOP White House hopefuls

The political damage suffered by former President Trump during the Jan. 6 hearings, which journalist Bob Woodward says has written the former president’s “political obituary,” is giving Senate Republicans eyeing the White House new hope for 2024.  

Presidential hopefuls including Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) have largely steered clear of defending Trump against the revelations of the Jan. 6 hearings, instead positioning themselves to capitalize if Trump is too compromised to run in 2024. 

Other Republican hopefuls have done the same. Former Vice President Mike Pence has stayed mum about the Jan. 6...