He's unlikely to endorse McConnell critic Rick Scott for GOP Senate leader.
's most fervent and loudest supporters on the MAGA right are pointing to Wednesday's Senate GOP leadership election as the first major test of Republican loyalty to the president-elect, and the final battle between Trump and his occasional Republican nemesis, outgoing GOP leader Mitch McConnell.
But for all the blunt talk about the Senate race, Trump has not taken sides and all indications are that he won't. One key factor, sources close to the president-elect say, is that Trump doesn't think Rick Scott can win the race and the last thing he wants to do is endorse a loser. Cornyn has said Trump used "reckless and incendiary speech" on Jan. 6. and criticized Trump's handling of COVID-19.
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