Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski hit Donald Trump yet again, in a way that’ll hurt him

Speaking with CNN on Thursday, Susan Collins made clear that she’s siding with Special Counsel Robert Mueller when it comes to his investigation into Donald Trump’s finances. Collins said “The President can’t set red lines for Bob Mueller” . Due to her newly found status as one of a handful of swing votes in the Senate, she’ll end up being key when it comes to the pending legislation which seeks to curtail Trump’s ability to fire Mueller. And now she’s made her position clear. She’s not the only one.

During that same CNN interview, fellow Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski voiced her support for Susan Collins’ position on Trump and the Special Counsel. The support of the two of them, combined with the two other Republican Senators who introduced the legislation, and the 48 Democrats, means that there appear to be enough votes to pass the legislation protecting Mueller. And so Collins and Murkowski have delivered yet another blow to Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Murkowski also delivered yet another blow to Trump.

The Democrats had already decided to use procedural steps to keep the Senate technically in session during recess so that Donald Trump couldn’t use the recess to try to sneak through a new Attorney General with confirmation, as part of what would have been a plot to fire Robert Mueller. But it was ultimately Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, who put the procedural steps in place on Thursday evening – thus formally foiling Trump’s plan.