Rep. Doug Collins Not ‘Ruling Out’ Potential 2020 Senate Run

Will Germany Come to China’s Rescue?

Commentary With President Trump in London to discuss the future of NATO, the future of the Eurozone itself is unclear. Germany finds itself rising to a great power position it hasn’t known in almost 65 years. This emerging reality is due in part to a very messy, on-again, off-again Brexit divorce, as well as deteriorating relations with the United States. That trend is still heading downward. Things became dicey between the United States and Germany in 2013, when the Obama administration was found to be listening in on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone calls. But President Trump’s demands that Germany contribute more to NATO’s defense budget and stop buying natural gas from Russia have certainly helped solidify the negative feelings between the two nations’ governments. Germany’s expanding relationship with China…

Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) says he’s mulling a run for Senate in 2020, one day after he was passed over as a replacement for retiring Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.).

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp named business executive Kelly Loeffler, 49, to replace Isakson, a 74-year-old who is leaving the seat because of health issues at the end of the year. She will serve until Jan. 2021. An election will decide who serves the next term.

President Donald Trump reportedly wanted Collins, one of his strongest allies in the House, to get the nomination, but Kemp went with Loeffler, saying she would be a strong supporter of the president’s agenda.

Collins, 53, was asked if he was considering a run for Senate on Thursday. He said he wasn’t ruling it out.

“I congratulated Miss Loeffler for being picked. You know, again, as I have said many times before: I’m dealing with impeachment right now. And we’ll make a statement or we’ll deal with that after the fact. I’m not ruling in, ruling it out,” he said in an interview with NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“I’m just simply stating a fact of where we’re at right now because I do not—for my constituents, the state of Georgia and the country, I’m in a position right now that has historical lights on it. I cannot be distracted from whatever I have to do up here to anything else.

Rep. Doug Collins Not ‘Ruling Out’ Potential 2020 Senate Run

Prior to Kemp’s naming Loeffler to the seat, Collins told the Atlanta-Journal Constitution that he heard from a number of Georgia residents about a possible run for the Senate.

“In recent days and weeks, I’ve heard from more and more Georgians encouraging me to pursue statewide service. Those Georgians deserve to have me consider their voices—so I am, strongly,” he said.

The ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee added, “As I focus on defending the president against partisan impeachment attacks, I recognize Georgia needs someone with experience serving at home and making them heard in Washington.”

The other U.S. Senate seat in the state is also up for re-election in the 2020 cycle. Sen. David Purdue (R-Ga.), the incumbent, is attempting to keep his seat. Challengers include filmmaker Jon Ossoff, who lost a bid for Congress in a special election in 2017.

Republicans hold a 53-47 edge in the Senate but will be defending more seats. There are 23 GOP-held seats up for election, versus 12 held by Democrats.

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Huawei Refuses to Apologize For Treatment of Former Employee Who Was Detained by Police for 251 Days

Chinese tech giant Huawei has come under fire after news of its treatment of a former employee went viral on Chinese social media. Li Hongyuan, who had worked for Huawei for 13 years, was dismissed and wrongfully detained by police after attempting to expose corruption within the company. Huawei has enjoyed broad patriotic support within China since last year, when the company’s chief financial officer was arrested in Canada after federal prosecutors sought her extradition to face charges of violations of U.S. sanctions on Iran. The domestic support continued after it was put on a trade blacklist by the United States over national security concerns, but Huawei is under growing pressure to make an apology. Details of Li’s case surfaced at the end of November when court documents were posted…