Establishment Protegee of Mitch McConnell and Confirmed NeverTrumper John Thune Wins Senate Leadership Vote

#NotMyMajorityLeader.

Thune only has a majority because of Trump's agenda and Trump's voters.

But he will now execute McConnell's agenda of thwarting Trump's agenda and Trump's voters at every turn.

Usually he will do so as McConnell did -- sneakily. He will claim to support Trump's agenda publicly and then arrange tactical "losses."

He has a coward's heart.

Sen. John Thune will replace Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as Republican Senate Majority Leader after a close contest Wednesday that took two ballots to resolve.

Thune, McConnell's top deputy and an establishment favorite, must guide a conference hungry for changes after McConnell's iron grip. He's also tasked for guiding President Donald Trump's agenda through the Senate, advancing his nominees swiftly and moving Trump's aggressive legislative agenda.

Thune received 23 votes on the first ballot -- four short of locking up a victory. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) received 15, and Sen. Rick Scott 13.

On the second ballot, Thune secured a victory over Cornyn 29 to 24.

Republicans convened Tuesday night for a leadership forum organized by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) as they grappled with who best to lead them through the Trump administration and beyond.

Those discussions centered on how to return more autonomy to individual senators as well as effectively advance a conservative agenda after McConnell often partnered with Democrats to advance legislation, most notably spending bills, disfavored by conservatives.

Newt Gingrich talked about whether Trump would publicly champion Scott on 2Way (Mark Halperin's podcast).

Would Trump intervene? he asked. Only if Trump believed his intervention would result in a win for Scott. He wouldn't intervene in a losing cause. Senators are bitchy and vengeful and if you thwart them, they will sabotage you. (Of course, Thune and Cornyn and the rest of the gang of liberals already plan on sabotaging Trump.) So intervening only makes sense if it will result in a win.

Remember John McCain and his traitorous vote on ObamaCare?, Gingrinch asked.

I guess the Liberal Establishment Caucus is just too big. We need to do something about that huh?

Gingrich said that when you plan to take on members of your party, you have to consider the costs of winning, how much you're "bruising" the people you run over.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:28 PM

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