Within the wake of a decisive Republican victory, President-elect Donald Trump has reshaped the stakes in subsequent week’s contest to switch outgoing Senate Republican Chief Mitch McConnell.
Three contenders—Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD), former Senate Whip John Cornyn (R-TX), and Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)—are actually locked in a fierce battle to find out who will information Republicans within the Senate because the GOP majority prepares to imagine energy.
A leaked whip-count memo, shared by GOP sources, reveals RINO Thune main the race with 24 votes, adopted intently by one other RINO, Cornyn, with 18, and Scott with solely 11.
Thune
- Banks
- Barrasso
- Blackburn
- Cassidy
- Collins
- Cotton
- Cramer
- Cruz
- Curtis
- Daines
- Hoeven
- Justice
- Lummis
- McConnell
- Mullin
- Murkowski
- Rounds
- Scott (SC)
- Sheehy
- Sullivan
- Tillis
- Wicker
- Younger
Cornyn
- Boozman
- Britt
- Budd
- Capito
- Cornyn
- Crapo
- Ernst
- Fischer
- Graham
- Grassley
- Hawley
- Hyde-Smith
- Kennedy
- Lankford
- McCormick
- Moran
- Ricketts
- Risch
- Thune
Scott
- Hagerty
- Johnson
- Lee
- Marshall
- Moreno
- Paul
- Rubio
- Schmitt
- Scott (FL)
- Tuberville
- Vance
Trump has but to endorse any candidate within the personal vote scheduled for Wednesday, however his latest remarks on Fact Social reveal his unmistakable expectations for the brand new Senate management.
Trump pressured the necessity for recess appointments, aiming to expedite confirmations for key positions.
He additionally urged Senate Republicans to dam any Democratic decide appointments throughout this transitional interval, framing it as a decisive check of Republican resolve.
Trump wrote:
“Any Republican Senator looking for the coveted LEADERSHIP place in america Senate should comply with Recess Appointments (within the Senate!), with out which we will be unable to get folks confirmed in a well timed method. Typically the votes can take two years, or extra. That is what they did 4 years in the past, and we can’t let it occur once more. We’d like positions stuffed IMMEDIATELY!
Moreover, no Judges ought to be accepted throughout this time period as a result of the Democrats wish to ram by means of their Judges because the Republicans combat over Management. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU!”