GOP Senate candidate says he doesn't want to see Trump run again

• The Cook Political Report has the race as leaning Democratic in Bennet's favor.

What they're saying: O'Dea criticized Trump for recently saying he would pardon people who have been charged and sentenced over their participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot if he got a second term in the White House.

• "Look, I disagree with our former president. I wouldn't give pardons to anybody that's violent. We need to hold people accountable. That should never happen again," O'Dea said.
• "I'm the only Senate candidate for the Republican Party that hasn't been endorsed by Donald Trump. Probably not going to send me a Christmas card. I don't want to see him run again. I don't want to see Joe Biden run again. I think that tears our country apart, and I think I'm where most Americans are."

The big picture: Separately, Geoffrey Berman, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, told "Meet the Press" on Sunday that he does not want to see Trump as president again either.

• "I shudder to think about it. The prospect of a second Trump administration frightens me," said Berman, a Republican who was appointed to the U.S. attorney post by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

• "All of the dangerous and outrageous things he did as president would be repeated if there's a second administration, except this time he's going to be more successful in doing them."
• "And remember, when he was president, he always knew he had to stand for reelection. If there's a second administration, he'll be free of those concerns."

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