Also pictured, L-R, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Trump agreed to help Republicans win back the House in 2022 after meeting with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy last month. That’s how many of the 50 Republicans in the Senate voted to acquit Trump in his impeachment trial on Saturday – McConnell, Thune, Capito and Scott among them. They only hit their own, like Mitch,” Trump said in an interview with Newsmax, signaling that he doesn’t plan to let up on McConnell even as McConnell appears to have ceased fire on him. What To Watch ForIt remains unclear which Senate Republicans Trump plans to target, though a senior Trump campaign official told Forbes in December that Thune and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), one of seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump, are top targets.

Source: Forbes February 18, 2021 22:30 UTC