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Former Fox News host and Trump ally Tucker Carlson claimed Senate Republicans are staging “a coup” in opposition to Donald Trump as three Senators vie to exchange Mitch McConnell.

Republicans reclaimed management of the Senate on Tuesday evening, leaving the door open for somebody to exchange McConnell, the chamber’s longest-serving occasion chief, who plans to step down at yr’s finish.

At least three Republicans are vying for the highest spot — John Cornyn of Texas, Rick Scott of Florida, and John Thune of South Dakota who serves because the Senate minority whip — NBC News reported, and Carlson took problem with two of them.

“What the hell is going on in the US Senate?” Carlson posted on X on Saturday afternoon. After Trump gained, “Mitch McConnell engineers a coup against his agenda by calling early leadership elections in the Senate. Two of the three candidates hate Trump and what he ran on.”

The former Fox host took explicit problem with Cornyn, whom he summarized as “an angry liberal whose politics are indistinguishable from Liz Cheney’s.” Cheney is a former Republican Congresswoman from Wyoming turned Trump critic; she campaigned for Kamala Harris. A Punchbowl News reporter described this comparability as “completely off base.”

The election will happen on Wednesday, November 13. “It will determine whether or not the new administration succeeds,” Carlson wrote. “Rick Scott of Florida is the only candidate who agrees with Donald Trump. Call your senator and demand a public endorsement of Rick Scott. Don’t let McConnell get away with it again.”

Earlier on Saturday, Scott outlined that he was operating for the management place to “upend the status quo & make sure President Trump’s agenda gets done.”

Senators Ron Johnson, Rand Paul and Bill Hagerty additionally introduced Saturday that they’d again the Florida Senator within the race.

Back in February, after McConnell introduced he could be stepping down on the finish of the yr, Donald Trump Jr additionally labeled Thune and Cornyn as “RINOs,” or Republicans in title solely.

The president-elect’s son wrote: “Both of them also voted to send billions more to Ukraine. MAGA must do everything in our power to stop either of these two RINOs from ever becoming Senate Leader!”

Trump additionally beforehand slammed Cornyn after he efficiently negotiated bipartisan gun security laws, claiming the Texas Senator facilitated “the first step in the movement to TAKE YOUR GUNS AWAY.”

On Friday, the National Association for Gun Rights additionally issued a press release in opposition to Cornyn: “The arch traitor John Cornyn is being floated as the next Senate Majority Leader. This absolutely cannot be allowed to happen.”

“All of the momentum we have gained for gun rights could hit a wall if the man who spearheaded the largest gun control bill in decades is in charge,” the group mentioned.

Although he confronted a barrage of criticism from his personal occasion for backing this invoice, he stood by his work, telling the Texas Tribune in 2022: “This was fundamentally important to the country at a time when things are so polarized and people are so intolerant of others that have different points of view.”

Missouri Senator Josh Hawley backed Cornyn, telling Fox News in a press release: “I know he will work closely and effectively with President Trump to deliver on the promise of our new majority. I’m delighted to give him my support.”

Heritage Action, the sister group of the Heritage Foundation which is answerable for Project 2025, supplied scorecards for Senators ranked by how conservative they’ve voted. Senator Scott scored 92 per cent, in comparison with Senator Thune with 37 per cent and Senator Thune with 35 per cent.

Meanwhile, the South Dakota Senator instructed CNBC on Thursday that whereas he understood that Trump may “exert a considerable amount of influence” on the Senate management race, “my preference would be, and I think it’s probably in his best interest, to stay out of that.” He continued: “These Senate secret ballot elections are probably best left to senators, and he’s got to work with all of us when it’s all said and done.”

Thune obtained the assist of Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin, based on Punchbowl News.

Trump has but to publicly endorse any of the three contenders.

While sources instructed Axios that Trump privately disregarded Scott’s bid as “not serious,” a Trump spokesperson refuted that declare, telling the outlet that the previous president “hasn’t weighed in on the leadership race and anyone who says differently is wrong.”