His number of upper-chamber Republican endorsers is equal to the number who say they want another nominee — or who voted to bar him from office.
Minority Whip John Thune is backing Sen. Tim Scott . Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declined to say whether he would support Trump if he earned the Republican nomination. | Mariam Zuhaib/AP PhotoSquint hard, and you might just see the outlines of an anti-Donald Trump coalition forming in the Senate GOP.
That includes Sen. Mike Braun , a longtime Trump ally who — as of now — will only say that “I’ve endorsed his policies.” Inside the Senate, the former president has already lost the Dakotas. Both South Dakota senators, Minority Whip John Thune and Mike Rounds, are backing Sen. Tim Scott . Thune’s the highest-ranking Republican lawmaker who has endorsed in the primary.
On the other hand, Romney acknowledged, Senate Republicans “also recognize he’s overwhelmingly the favorite [in the primary]. And there’s no upside in going out and saying that.” Sen. Cynthia Lummis chose her words carefully, saying she wants Scott’s forward-looking message to be “elevated” in the primary and that Gov. Ron DeSantis , who has no Senate endorsements, “has hit upon issues people want addressed in this election cycle.”
Many Senate Republicans, even those not backing Trump, railed against the DOJ charging him with improperly retaining highly sensitive materials. But that’s not a unanimous view, and a significant number of GOP senators see Special Counsel Jack Smith’s case as damaging.
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