Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) mentioned Sunday that Sen. John Thune (R-S.C.) will “be a great leader” for the Senate as Republicans within the higher chamber put together for a return to energy.
“I’ve known John Thune since the 1980s, he’s gonna be a great leader,” Rounds advised NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt on “The Hill Sunday.”
“But the nice thing for Republicans is we’ve got three really quality individuals that are vying for the top office as the majority leader, and so, I’ve got nothing bad to say about any of the other two candidates, but I think we’ve got a real winner in John Thune,” he added.
Thune is going through off in opposition to Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) for long-serving Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) place. Republicans are additionally set to take management of the Senate in January because of the outcomes of Tuesday’s election.
“And here’s part of the deal,” Rounds mentioned in his “The Hill Sunday” look. “He wants change in the Senate. He wants the Senate to actually get back and actually work. Let’s actually try to get some things done on time for a change.”
Thune has just lately been pushing President-elect Trump to not intervene within the race for management of the Senate Republicans, and has mentioned that it’s within the president-elect’s “best interests” to not take a aspect.
Nonetheless, these supporting Cornyn and Scott have mentioned that requests for Trump to avoid the race to switch McConnell sign anxiousness from Thune concerning the president-elect probably backing his rivals.
“He’s terrified. He knows that Trump won’t endorse him. If he knows that, then Trump getting involved hurts him,” a Senate Republican aide mentioned.
The Hill has reached out to Scott’s and Cornyn’s workplaces for remark.
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