SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Kevin Cramer likes to talk. A lot. And the freshman Republican from North Dakota really has no filter, often sharing details of White House meetings or Senate lunches with curious reporters, colleagues and just about anyone who asks. But he’s OK being known as a chatterbox who peppers his speech with profanity and mild insults in his strong Midwestern accent. And the bespectacled 58-year-old even compares himself with another politician with a big mouth: President Donald Trump…As the Senate gets ready for an impeachment trial, Cramer will be one of Trump’s most vocal defenders. He scoffs at the idea that senators should remain neutral as jurors in an impeachment trial and maintains a close relationship with Trump, who he backed early as a House member.”
–Marianne Levine and Burgess Everett, “Trump’s Senate alter ego can’t stop talking,” Politico, December 10, 2019 5:00 am