Rounds: McConnell Successor Needs to ‘Stand His Own Ground’ with Trump

Breitbart ^ | 03/04/2024 | Pam Key

[ChicagoConservative27]

Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)’s successor needed to be independent from former President Donald Trump.

Partial transcript as follows:

JON KARL: By the way, I should point out that the former president’s had some choice words for you as – as you no doubt know. I think he called you – or questioned whether or not you were crazy or just stupid, a jerk, a RINO, a weak – anyway, we could go on. But – but how important is it for whoever the Senate leader is to have some degree of independence from – from Donald Trump? I mean I understand you say everybody needs to be on board in the general election, but how important is it to do what McConnell did, which is be willing to stand up to Trump?

ROUNDS: Well, that’s what I’m looking for in a leader. I want someone who will work with a president, but who also will stand his own ground. That’s one of the reasons why I very publicly and openly supported John Thune and I supported Mitch McConnell. I think John Thune will bring some – you know, a fresh breath. That always happens when you have a change in leadership.

[mo]

200K/yr? window dressing....at least 10x that under, around and over the table...

[Kazan]

Translation: Rounds wants another RINO in charge that will stab the base of the party in the back.

[Kazan]

Rounds, Thune, Lankford and Lindsey Graham all must be expelled from the Senate.

The only survived in the past because the Supreme Court was so important that they could ride the issue to victory.

[montag813]

Do these republicans go to the rallies. Do they turn on tv? Trump is the only person doing anything to protect and defend the constitution and our God given rights

They don't care about the rallies. They don't care about the Constitution or even God.

Maybe they did years ago, before they sought power in elected office. Now they are put and kept there via billions of dollars from very narrow interest groups that have two objectives: endless war and cheap labor. From that perspective, Joe Biden is a friend, and Trump is a dangerous enemy who must be stopped.

[Fraxinus]

Translation: Rounds wants another RINO in charge that will stab the base of the party in the back.

Not quite, although the final outcome is much the same. Like most of the squishy Republicans he wants a leader who will never force him to choose between voting his donors interests or voting his voters interests.