.LeaderMcConnell and Donald Trump have made so secret of their mutual disdain for one another. But as the GOP leader seeks to win back the Senate majority in 2024 and Trump runs for president, the two could find themselves aligned in must-win races.
The feeling is decidedly mutual, with Trump lambasting the senator as an “absolute loser” for not taking a harder line with Democrats in the Senate. He has even leveled racially tinged attacks on McConnell’s wife.But as the GOP leader seeks to win back the Senate majority in 2024 and Trump runs for president, the two could find themselves aligned in must-win races.
A source familiar with the endorsement emphasized that there is no agreement between Daines and Trump and that the two have a long-standing friendship — Daines is a hunting partner with the former president’s son Donald Trump Jr. “I'm sure he's thought about all the angles. But the goal is to win the majority back, to win elections, and how you get there is not as important to me,” he added.
Today, the NRSC and the Senate Leadership Fund, a political action committee aligned with McConnell, are operating in lockstep. The minority leader, asked on Wednesday whether he would follow Daines in endorsing Trump in the 2024 election, dodged the question but praised Daines’s leadership of the NRSC and said their focus is on winning a Senate majority in 2024.
Interests are most likely to align in the race to challenge Sen. Joe Manchin in West Virginia, where McConnell has successfully recruited Jim Justice, the term-limited GOP governor who is expected to announce a bid on Thursday evening. David McIntosh, the head of the club, was at one time an ally of Trump’s, but their friendship ruptured after they backed different candidates in Senate races last cycle. Trump is reportedly reluctant to endorse candidates supported by him.“Anywhere that you see the Club for Growth on the map, it seems like a pretty good bet that President Trump will be on the other side,” one GOP strategist told the Washington Examiner.
One state where that could help McConnell is Pennsylvania, where establishment Republicans are courting David McCormick to run for the seat held by Sen. Bob Casey . “I think Trump wants a winner, but also in this case, I think Trump needs a winner,” a Republican operative told the Washington Examiner. “At the end of the day, Trump needs someone that can run with him on the ticket or outperform him, not someone who is going to underperform him by 14 points.”
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