And while there were very real concerns about his recovery after the massive stroke he suffered during the 2022 midterms, he’s shown he has more common sense than most of his caucus combined. He also sees straight through the media’s tired game of painting Trump as some looming “dictator” — a script they’ve run into the ground.
Katie Couric, the once-celebrated Today Show host, tried that stunt on him recently, and it blew up in her face:
