Republican Senators Hold Leader Candidate Forum Hours Before Consequential VoteBradley Jaye 12 Nov 2024
Republican Senators huddled for over two hours Tuesday night for a family meeting over who will take the reins from Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
The candidate forum was organized by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) to allow all three candidates for Republican Leader to answer questions from their colleagues.
Those candidates, Sens. John Thune (R-SD), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Rick Scott (R-FL), each gave opening remarks before being peppered with questions over the immediate and long-term direction of the Senate and the Republican Conference.
None of the three candidates spoke in detail after the forum, but their colleagues gave the forum high marks.
“One of the new members said, ‘This is why I came here, to have this kind of quality discussion,'” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) relayed before lamenting, “They’re not all like this.”
Johnson came out for Scott before the forum.
Several senators discussed the importance of opening up the floor to consider legislation, the need to permit debate on the Senate floor and internally among Republican Senators, and the best leadership strategies and styles to move President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Most senators kept their preferences hidden after the forum.
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