Rick Scott won his Senate re-election bid in Florida. Scott touted his victory in a speech as something Washington could 'learn a hell of a lot from.'
WASHINGTON — A looming battle among Senate Republicans over who to pick as their next majority leader is turning into an early test of how much power President-elect Donald Trump's “
” movement will exert in his second term. The three-way fight to replace outgoing Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pits Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., against Sen. John Cornyn, a former McConnell deputy, and underdog candidate Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla.
influencers online have started an online pressure campaign seeking to sink the current and former McConnell deputies — and boost Scott — ahead of a candidate forum on Tuesday and an expected closed-door election on Wednesday. Right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson said Scott is the “only candidate who agrees with Donald Trump” and claimed the other two contenders “hate Trump and what he ran on.
online campaign were intentional moves to project a flood of support for the newly re-elected Floridian and put pressure on Thune, who is considered the frontrunner. Trump has made one public demand: the next GOP leader should support his ability to make “recess appointments” to temporarily install personnel without Senate confirmations.
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