The Republican establishment is looking ahead to next year in Washington, D.C.
Plans are underway to start reasserting their control over the party.
And a college football coach had one message for the GOP establishment they will hate.
The battle to replace Mitch McConnell is underway
RINO Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is stepping down after the election as the Senate Republican leader after 17 years.
McConnell used Senate rules to control the legislative process and sell out to work with Democrats.
A scramble is underway to replace him.
Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) and John Cornyn (R-TX) are the two leading contenders to replace McConnell.
Both are RINOs in the mold of McConnell who are all too happy to work with Democrats to pass massive spending bills and terrible legislation.
Senate conservatives are weighing finding a late challenger to support or trying to leverage concessions over the Senate process from one of the contenders.
Conservative Senator draws a line in the sand
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and former Auburn Tigers head football coach, is a part of the conservative bloc in the Republican Senate caucus.
He said that he hadn’t decided who would support for Republican Senate Leader during an appearance on the Fox News show Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo.
But anyone running who opposed former President Donald Trump wouldn’t get his vote.
“Well, there’s no doubt I’m not going to vote for anybody that’s not on board with President Trump,” Tuberville said. “Been there, done that, seen what’s happened. We have to have strong leadership that believes in the American people, believes in our Constitution, and gets away from this Deep State, emotional bureaucracy that we have in Washington, D.C.”
Senate Republicans are currently in the minority but are favored to regain the majority after the election.
“I’m looking forward to being in the majority,” Tuberville continued. “I’ve been in four years now, and I’ve not been in the majority at all. We’ve been kicked in the teeth by Senator Schumer and the Democrats. It’s time to get back to realization.”
Tuberville said that he’s spoken to Thune and Cornyn about the leadership race but he won’t make any commitments until after the election.
“I’m not making a decision on anybody until we see who gets in the Senate from this election,” Tuberville declared.
Republicans could add as many as eight new Senators if everything went perfectly.
Tuberville thought that Republicans had “a great chance” of holding the House and adding between 51 to 54 Senators in the election.
He noted that Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick is running “a very good race.”
Tuberville also praised Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde and Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno.
Whether or not Trump will make an endorsement for the Republican Senate leader remains the biggest wildcard in the leadership race.
He’s clashed with Thune over the years and called for him to get a Primary after the 2020 Election.
The winner of the Senate leadership race will play a massive role in determining what gets done during Trump’s final term if he wins.
