South Dakota Senator John Thune has been chosen as the new Republican Senate leader. He was up against Rick Scott of Florida and John Cornyn from Texas in the leadership contest.
Scott dropped out after only receiving 8 votes during the first round. Thune beat Cornyn 29-24 in the second round.
I am not a fan of Thune. He’s a never Trumper, is a J6 douche on the order of Dizzy Lizzy, and is in favor of red flag laws among other things. Though to be totally honest, I am not a fan of the other two either. All three were all too willing to trample on my rights when it suited them.
As much as I disliked Mitch McChinless, and I really disliked him, he managed to get some stuff done. I wonder if Thune has that in him. He was the whip, but that’s a different ball of wax than the party leader.