Senate Republicans choose John Thune to replace Mitch McConnell as majority leader

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subtitle-The chamber rejected an outside MAGA pressure campaign to pick Rick Scott.




Source WaPo-https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/13/senate-republican-leadership-trump/

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1. Snips

"Senate Republicans on Wednesday chose Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to be their new leader, rejecting an outside pressure campaign from Donald Trump’s allies to break with the establishment in the secret-ballot election.



Thune, a close ally of retiring leader Mitch McConnell (Kentucky), has been critical of Trump in the past but has worked to repair that relationship in recent months. He reassured senators in a closed-door meeting Tuesday that he would work hand in glove with the new administration and would not butt heads with Trump even on issues such as continuing U.S. aid for Ukraine, which Trump opposes, senators said.



With Republicans on the brink of a governing trifecta in Washington, Trump looms larger than ever on Capitol Hill. The president-elect has made it clear he expects deference from the Senate but did not endorse in the race even as many of his allies backed Sen. Rick Scott (Florida). The incoming vice president, Sen. JD Vance (Ohio), voted in the leadership election but did not make remarks, senators said.

Thune beat Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), who was previously in Senate leadership but had promised colleagues he would change the way the conference had been run, 29-24. Both beat Scott in the first round of voting, despite his parade of support from outside right-wing influencers.




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4. Wow.. I'm Shocked.. what were they thinking

going against hair Shitler like this?

Oh "secret ballot".. so nobody knows who the "traitors" are?

TY

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2. Will they support a 3rd Impeachment?

I wonder....

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3. The current GOP members of Congress?

I'll lay solid $ down they won't. Pelosi & her incandescent rage at the apricothellbeast for the insurrection on J6 isno longer a power source.

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5. LOL, she's Speaker Emeritus in the House,

Talking about a post-O'Connell Senate.