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FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., is coming disconnected the highs of a better-than-expected re-election borderline successful Florida and getting close into run mode for the Republican Senate person contention adjacent week. His archetypal project: Get President-elect Donald Trump's support.
The Florida Republican is actively lobbying his ally, who is present some the erstwhile and aboriginal president, for his endorsement up of the GOP person contention to find who volition win Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., a elder Scott root told Fox News Digital.
In fact, the predetermination presented Trump with a mandate, and "that's the champion lawsuit script for Rick Scott," they said.
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Rick Scott is hoping to gain Trump's endorsement successful the Senate person race. (Reuters)
Trump has not endorsed anyone successful the person race, which presently includes candidates Scott, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D. He besides has not said whether helium volition yet measurement in.
Scott spoke to Trump pursuing their electoral wins, telling FOX Business' Larry Kudlow that they are "texting backmost and forth."
He expressed anticipation that Trump would backmost him successful the race, which is rapidly heating up.
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Sen. Rick Scott speaks during the yearly Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) connected March 2, 2023, successful National Harbor, Maryland. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., made his ain endorsement of Scott, and urged Trump to bash the aforesaid connected "The Jesse Kelly Show" connected Thursday. He told big Jesse Kelly to inquire the president-elect to "come retired publicly" successful enactment of Scott, if helium has immoderate power with Trump.
A root acquainted besides shared with Fox News Digital that Thune had connected with some Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance aft the election.
However, the South Dakota Republican is of a antithetic position than Scott and suggested Trump should not get progressive successful the Senate GOP person race.
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Sen. John Thune questions U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai arsenic she testifies earlier the Senate Finance Committee connected Capitol Hill, May 12, 2021. (Susan Walsh/Getty Images)
"It's astir apt successful his champion involvement to enactment retired of that," helium said connected CNBC's "Squawk Box" connected Thursday.
"Obviously, if helium wants to, helium could exert a sizeable magnitude of power connected that," Thune acknowledged.
He noted it's his penchant that Trump doesn't publically endorse.
Thune and Trump had a antecedently fractured relationship, which they person been repairing successful caller months. The legislator archetypal endorsed Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., successful the Republican statesmanlike superior earlier yet backing Trump.
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Sen. John Cornyn arrives to a luncheon with Senate Republicans astatine the U.S. Capitol connected Feb. 7, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Cornyn has been adamant astir keeping the contention retired of the press. His bureau did not accidental whether helium had spoken with Trump since the predetermination but referred Fox News Digital to his interrogation with Fox News' Neil Cavuto past week.
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Asked astir imaginable friction with Trump, which McConnell dealt with, Cornyn said, "My acquisition with President Trump is you tin archer him the information successful private, and helium is consenting to listen. And sometimes he's consenting to bash what you suggest. Other times helium whitethorn disagree, and that's his prerogative. But I've had a precise palmy 4 years moving with President Trump during his archetypal term."
The person predetermination volition beryllium conducted done a concealed ballot among the Republican league connected Nov. 13. McConnell does not program to endorse successful the race.
Julia Johnson is simply a authorities writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, starring sum of the U.S. Senate. She was antecedently a authorities newsman astatine the Washington Examiner.
Follow Julia's reporting connected X astatine @JuliaaJohnson_ and nonstop tips to [email protected].
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