President-elect Donald Trump congratulated Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., after the lawmaker gained election to function the following Senate Republican chief.
Republicans gained the bulk within the Home and Senate throughout the 2024 elections.
“Congratulations to Senator John Thune, the Newly Elected Senate Majority Chief. He strikes shortly, and can do an excellent job,” Trump mentioned in a submit on Fact Social.
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President-elect Donald Trump, left, and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. (Left: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures; Proper: Nathan Posner/Anadolu by way of Getty Pictures)
GOP Sens. Rick Scott of Florida and John Cornyn of Texas had additionally been vying for the position.
“Whereas it isn’t the consequence we hoped for, I’ll do the whole lot attainable to verify John Thune is profitable in carrying out President Trump’s agenda,” Scott mentioned in a press release.
“We’re united and ready to enact President Trump’s agenda on day one, and I look ahead to working alongside my colleagues to benefit from the alternatives we can have subsequent yr to verify nominees, tackle our nationwide debt, lengthen the Trump tax cuts, and reverse the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous border insurance policies,” Cornyn mentioned in a press release.
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Outgoing U.S. Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives for the Senate Republican management elections on the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Pictures)
Thune will succeed present Senate Republican Chief Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., subsequent yr. McConnell, who has lengthy occupied the submit, didn’t search one other time period within the position.
Trump famous that he appears ahead to working with Thune and the opposite senators chosen for numerous Senate Republican management roles.
“I look ahead to working with him, and Senators John Barrasso (Senate Majority Whip), Tom Cotton (Senate Republican Convention Chairman), Shelley Moore Capito (Senate Republican Coverage Committee Chairman), James Lankford (Republican Convention Vice Chairman), and Tim Scott (Nationwide Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman) to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” he mentioned within the submit.
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Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., newly elected Senate Majority Chief for the upcoming 119th Congress, speaks to reporters on the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (TING SHEN/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
Thune indicated throughout remarks on Wednesday that Republican senators will work with Home colleagues to implement Trump’s agenda.