Trump Pushed To Intervene In Senate Leadership Race

The New York Times reports:

Some of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s closest allies are privately counseling him to try to block a onetime Republican nemesis from becoming the Senate majority leader, pushing him to impose his will more forcefully on an already compliant G.O.P. Congress. Those advisers believe Mr. Trump should stop Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 2 Republican, from winning the top post, according to people familiar with the talks.

So far, Mr. Trump has not lent his voice to the bid to block Mr. Thune, but influential figures in his orbit are pushing a campaign to do so. They include the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Mr. Trump’s former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon and the right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk. Most of them are

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