TODAY: GOP Senators Hold Secret Ballot For Leader

NBC News reports:

Senate Republicans will meet behind closed doors Wednesday to elect a new leader, capping a battle that has divided the party and pitted a candidate backed by vocal MAGA allies of President-elect Donald Trump against two long-serving senators with institutional knowledge and deep relationships in the body.

The three-way race features Sens. John Thune of South Dakota, the current whip; John Cornyn of Texas, a former whip; and Rick Scott of Florida, an underdog candidate who just won a second term. Senate Republicans held a candidate forum Tuesday evening after Congress returned from a lengthy recess.

Read the full article. As previously reported here, MAGA world and a raft of notorious extremists are pushing for Rick Scott, who is deeply unpopular with some Senate Republicans.

TOP in @PunchbowlNews AM: Senate Republicans are about to do something they haven’t done in 18 years: pick a new leader. https://t.co/1ErgWcsrBh

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