This comes despite the existing apprehensions within the party about Thune's potential to collaborate effectively with the incoming president.
According to Fox Business, Tuberville, who initially supported Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., for the position, expressed confidence in Thune's ability to work constructively with the Trump administration to realize the America-first agenda. "He has no choice," Tuberville asserted during "The Evening Edit" on Wednesday. He added, "There was a mandate last week, Liz, that said, ‘Hey, we want President Trump to have his team. We want to take back our country.’ Republicans, if you're not on the team, get out of the way. John Thune will be on the team. He'll work with President Trump. I voted for Rick Scott because I thought he could communicate better with President Trump because they were both in the business world, but John Thune got the nod."
Tuberville emphasized the urgency of the situation, stating, "We're not going to have a lot of time to waste. I think he'll do a good job. But again, President Trump and JD Vance are going to be running the Senate."
Thune emerged victorious against Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the second secret ballot, receiving 29 votes to Cornyn's 24, as reported by Thune’s office. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., who was also a contender, received the fewest votes during the first secret ballot and was subsequently eliminated from the race.
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Thune, following his victory, declared, "We have a mandate from the American people. A mandate not only to clean up the mess left by the Biden-Harris-Schumer agenda, but also to deliver on President Trump's priorities."
Before the elections, Thune had received public endorsements from Senators Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., Mike Rounds, R-S.D.; Kevin Cramer, R-N.D.; and John Hoeven, R-N.D. It was also confirmed that National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Steve Daines, R-Mont., was privately urging other senators to back Thune.
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Scott, on the other hand, had the most public support, with Senators Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., Rand Paul, R-Ky., Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., endorsing him. Cornyn had only received one public endorsement from Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., with most lawmakers in the upper chamber refraining from disclosing their voting preferences ahead of time.
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Thune is set to assume his new role in January, succeeding Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the longest-serving party leader in Senate history.
In the meantime, President Trump has been appointing key Cabinet positions in preparation for his return to the White House. One such appointment, Florida congressman Matt Gaetz as the next attorney general, sparked significant controversy on Wednesday, raising concerns about his potential confirmation in the upper chamber.
When asked about the likelihood of Gaetz's confirmation, Tuberville responded, "You're finding all the swamp creatures coming out right now. Everybody's got an opinion up here, but at the end of the day, President Trump was elected by an enormous vote, and he deserves a team around him that he wants. It's not [up to] us to determine that. We've got 53 votes in the Senate. We can confirm with 51. I've already seen where a couple of them say, 'I'm not voting for him.' Wait a minute. You are not the United States of America. You have one vote in the U.S. Senate. You did not get elected president."
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Tuberville underscored the importance of swift Senate confirmations to enable the Trump administration to commence work in January. He lamented the current state of the nation, stating, "Our country's in bad trouble. We're broke. We have wars everywhere. This administration has destroyed anything that President Trump did in four years. So we got to get it back, and we're not going to have much time to do it."
The report was contributed to by Fox News' Julia Johnson, Tyler Olson, Chad Pergram, and Aishah Hasnie.
