Lake, perhaps the GOP Senate candidate closest to the former president, has emerged as a key Trump proxy in the leadership race.
Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake departs Capitol Hill on March 6. Photo: Kent Nishimura/Getty ImagesThe two men currently vying to next lead Senate Republicans have checkered records with former President Trump and his allies, which could be a roadblock in their path to victory., both running to be the next GOP leader, have each raised six figures in cash for the Lake campaign, a source familiar told Axios.
Lake hardened her position as a top Trump ally after pushing the theory that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from the former president.The proximity to Lake could help out both Thune and Cornyn with their conservative colleagues.Cornyn's hand in crafting gun control legislation that passed Congress after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in 2022 could be a non-starter for some Senate conservatives.
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