Kiss the ring! GOP Senate candidates told to make nice with Trump
Channel: Trump Breaking News Network
Date: 2017-01-20

Trump Breaking News Network - Kiss the ring! GOP Senate candidates told to make nice with Trump.

Republicans considering a 2018 Senate bid are being advised to meet with President-elect Trump to ensure they have his seal of approval.

Trump isn't demanding that potential Republican Senate candidates and incumbents seek his blessing before running. But GOP leaders, concerned that he could firebomb a sitting senator or top Senate recruit with a critical tweet and blow up their prospects, are urging them to reach out to the new administration to make sure the president-elect is on board with their candidacy. That is especially the case for Republicans who opposed Trump or were perceived to be odds with him during the 2016 presidential campaign.

"I think that would be smart," Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas said Tuesday during a brief interview with the Washington Examiner.

It's not uncommon for congressional leaders to consult the White House on candidates it plans to field in high profile races. Republican operatives around when President George W. Bush was in office say it was common for his political lieutenants to weigh in on targeted House and Senate campaigns.

A typical White House political operation might check in with congressional leaders, and relay concerns about a candidate quietly, allowing any issues about loyalty to the president to be resolved behind closed doors.

But Trump is unconventional. The incoming president hasn't hesitated to jab at members of his own party, either during a political rally or on social media, especially those that crossed him in the contentious 2016 campaign.

That dynamic is forcing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, the National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman, to take pre-emptive action to protect the incumbents and prized recruits they believe are best positioned to pick off Democrats in the midterm elections.

The last thing they want is for Trump to urge Republican voters in those races to support another candidate in the GOP primary, just because their prized recruit might not have been as supportive of the president in 2016.

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who refused to endorse Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton, hasn't reached out to the incoming president specifically to mend fences.But he is trying to show his support for the new Republican honcho by vocally supporting his cabinet nominees, including Rex Tillerson, picked for secretary of state.



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