So far, no Republican Senators, as in zero, have admitted Donald Trump has done anything illegal. However, a few Republicans are breaking ranks, at least a little. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) is out with a new tweet today, that goes farther than any other members of the GOP have gone.

By all appearances, the President’s brazen and unprecedented appeal to China and to Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden is wrong and appalling.

— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) October 4, 2019

Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) is also showing a little backbone. In a statement to the Omaha World-Herald he said:

“Hold up: Americans don’t look to Chinese commies for the truth. If the Biden kid broke laws by selling his name to Beijing, that’s a matter for American courts, not communist tyrants running torture camps.”

Then there’s Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) who’s speaking out in defense of the whistleblower, but not condemning the president:

“Whistleblowers should be protected. I stand with Chuck Grassley on this. We have laws in place.”

Most other Republicans not named Jim Jordan or Lindsey Graham have remained pretty quiet in terms of defending Trump. So it was a little surprising (or not) today to see Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) a critic of China actually defend the president saying Trump wasn’t making “a real request.”

It seems that Senator Rubio, who has such a respectable history of fighting for freedom abroad, has little interest in freedom in America. Inviting China to interfere in our elections now is just as much of a "joke" as "Russia, if you're listening…" was in 2016 and he knows it. https://t.co/50tWTf7Sl9

— Evan McMullin (@EvanMcMullin) October 4, 2019

Dear @marcorubio,

You called Donald Trump a "con man" years ago, but now you're part of the con, descarado.

How can you condone the overt use of American foreign policy to benefit the President?

Grow a spine and reject Trump.#ImpeachmentTaskForce pic.twitter.com/Mhs3F7x8Aj

— Grant Stern (@grantstern) October 4, 2019