Loeffler Facing Heat After Attacking GOP Senate Colleague and “Friend”

Still struggling to unite GOP, Loeffler lashes out at own party’s senator over bipartisan call for witnesses in the impeachment trial

ATLANTA — With the impeachment trial continuing this week and “political mega-donor” Kelly Loeffler still facing a “skeptical” party base, Loeffler is in hot water after lashing out at a member of her own party as an attempt to mend fences with a president for whom Loeffler was not his “first choice” for the Senate appointment — and who apparently still hasn’t called to congratulate her: 

• CNN’s Chris Cillizza:

• Vice’s Cameron Joseph:

• NBC’s Garrett Haake:

• Vox’s Andrew Prokop:

• CNN’s Mike Warren:

• The Daily Beast’s Lachlan Markay:

• Mother Jones’ David Corn:

• The Daily Beast’s Matt Lewis:

• The Dispatch’s David French:

• CBS’ Kathryn Watson:

• WaPo’s Seung Min Kim:

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