Some Senate Republicans Are still keeping Donald Trump at arms length.
Four Senate GOP members in that mold — Sens. Mitt Romney (Utah), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Todd Young (Ind.) and Thom Tillis (N.C.) — told The Hill they do not plan on traveling to the Republican National Convention in July to celebrate what will be a “coronation” of the ex-president. Five others — Sens. Mike Rounds (S.D.), Susan Collins (Maine), Bill Cassidy (La.), Jerry Moran (Kan.) and Rand Paul (Ky.) — indicated they have not decided whether to go at this point.
“Everybody’s got to make their own call about it, but it’s part of our political life,” Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said. “The conventions have been going on for a long time, and I think the parties are tasked with trying to pull people together and make the decisions that are important to the leadership of our country.
“I understand if there are people for whom it is not a big priority,” Thune added.
Murkowski and Young both said they both have travel plans that week but did not divulge what they were. Romney was never expected to go, given the mutual disdain between him and Trump, whom he twice voted to convict in impeachment trials.
Tillis said in a brief interview that while he hasn’t finalized his plans, he is “likely not going to go.”
“I’m just not a convention-goer, quite honestly. Back in the state, we have races to run. We’ll be represented,” Tillis said of the convention, noting that he cannot be a delegate. “There’s other competing priorities that week that I have to sort out before I make a decision.”
Collins said that she has not made a decision and needs to go over her schedule. Cassidy told The Hill to ask him closer to the convention and indicated he has not decided either.
Rounds indicated that while he has no plans to attend, he still could be swayed if Trump selects someone he approves of as his running mate.
“Yeah, it might,” Rounds said when asked if Trump selecting Scott could sway him to show up in Milwaukee. “If we could go and support his candidacy, that would be something I would really take a hard look at. … I haven’t got any hotel rooms yet, but that doesn’t mean I might not in the future.”
Good thing they told us they would not attend! Otherwise, nobody would have noticed.
Damn Uniparty & RNC Old Guard again
Republicans? Rino’s is a more apt description. Good riddance to bad rubbish!
Pathetic rinos!
Why in the world would my senator, Todd Yong, boycott the GOP meeting? Perhaps he likes being a member of “THE SWAMP !!When he runs for re-election we will remember this.
Do we really care if Rounds approves of Trumps running mate? Not a whit! You are either a republican or you’re not. In which case let another republican take your place. You are obviously in it for what you can get rather than for what you can do for the country.