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NRSC chair says he'll support incumbents over primary challengers
CBS NEWS ^ | jan 21 2021 | Adam Brewster

Posted on 01/21/2021 4:41:45 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter

Florida Senator Rick Scott, the new chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said on Thursday that he'd support incumbent Senators if they face primaries, and that's the case even if fellow Florida Senator Marco Rubio were to face a primary challenge from Ivanka Trump.

There have been rumors that former President Trump's daughter might challenge Rubio in his bid for reelection in 2022. Mr. Trump has also said that he wants to to see South Dakota Senator John Thune, the number two Republican in the Senate, challenged in a primary.

"I'm supporting incumbents," Scott told reports when pressed on the issue multiple times. He also said that "nobody has talked to me" about the possibility of Ivanka Trump running a primary challenge against Rubio.

Scott said that he hasn't spoken with President Trump since he left office. He also defended his vote two weeks ago to object to counting the Electoral College votes in Pennsylvania.

As NRSC Chair, Scott is responsible for leading the GOP's effort to recapture the Senate. That would include keeping seats in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the hands of Republicans. Republicans won't have incumbent candidates running in North Carolina or Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson hasn't said if he'll seek re-election. Republicans will also be targeting currently held Democratic seats in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and New Hampshire.

Scott said he wants the election to "be about issues" and wants to see people focus on the "difference between Republicans and Democrats." He said it would be up to each Republican senator, including those up for reelection, to decide whether to vote to convict former President Trump. Republicans who vote to convict Mr. Trump could end up facing primary challengers backed by the former president.

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KEYWORDS: cuckconservatives; defundtherinos; primarythecucks; primarytherinos; rinos; rubio
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The GOP is circling the wagons at this point. We will see how long they keep it going.

Based upon the sentiment of Trump voters, its seems a bit foolhardy at this point for the Chair of the NRSC to be making blanket statements that RINO Incumbents are off limits.

1 posted on 01/21/2021 4:41:45 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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We gotta potty train the GOP...


2 posted on 01/21/2021 4:43:08 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

With rigged machines it’s an easy statement to make.


3 posted on 01/21/2021 4:45:18 PM PST by PGalt
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We will never change the GOP, they are a globalist party.

If we want a MAGA party, we will have to start one.


4 posted on 01/21/2021 4:45:36 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents{}Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Rubio vs. Ivanka? Is that in the Democrat primary or the Republican?


5 posted on 01/21/2021 4:47:20 PM PST by nickcarraway
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It’s best to purge RINOs in solid red states. I’ll never criticize someone like Susan Collins for voting like a RINO, but it’s inexcusable for an @sshole like Mitt Romney or John Thune or Ben Sasse to ever side with the Democrats on any contentious issue.


6 posted on 01/21/2021 4:47:31 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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GOP über alles and to hell with their base! Faithless bastards.

The GOP is dead to me.


7 posted on 01/21/2021 4:47:40 PM PST by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns is are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic)
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Didn’t we have some good debates earlier today about a new party? Many want to keep the GOP and primary everyone. Well the GOP just told us they’re not going to let that happen.


8 posted on 01/21/2021 4:49:06 PM PST by walkingdead (We are sacrificing American youth's future on the altar of our own fear. And it is a travesty.)
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Bye Bye Rick.


9 posted on 01/21/2021 4:49:26 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: cgbg

I wouldn’t even change the GOP’s diapers at this point.


10 posted on 01/21/2021 4:49:35 PM PST by moovova
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They never learn. Too many years of promising everyone they’ll do anything to protect the 2nd Amendment, lower taxes, reduce immigration. Never really doing anything other than bowing down to Schumer.

Time will tell if folks are willing to step up and take on that machine. They’ll be coming at whoever they are with both barrels.

However, if the new guy/gal has the President supporting him/her, it’s a done deal. Bye Bye incumbent.


11 posted on 01/21/2021 4:49:38 PM PST by qaz123
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If a solitary candidate is put up in a primary against any Republican that votes to impeach Trump, that incumbent will be defeated. Their only hope is that the primary has multiple candidates who split the anti incumbent vote.


12 posted on 01/21/2021 4:49:44 PM PST by allendale
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I would rather Don Jr. definitely NOT Ivanka!!{


13 posted on 01/21/2021 4:49:51 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: wildcard_redneck

Dump Scott; the horsesarse has offered nothing to benefit the Republican Party or Trump, and that’s the way Mitch likes it.


14 posted on 01/21/2021 4:50:37 PM PST by Bookshelf
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Either start a new party or play the same game as the “Justice Democrats” start primaring easy to pick off representative locations and start our own “squad”


15 posted on 01/21/2021 4:51:12 PM PST by Skywise
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I’m shocked - shocked, I tell ya!

He and the NRSC will have to do it without MAGA money.

Not a recipe for success.


16 posted on 01/21/2021 4:51:50 PM PST by pollyshy
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If only the GOP would fight Dems half as hard as they fight Conservatives, they would never lose.


17 posted on 01/21/2021 4:52:22 PM PST by bray (Pray for fake President Biden)
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That’s his job. He won’t, though, fight losing battles. Look at Jeff Flake in AZ. Someone who loses a bunch of support will not likely be showered with money.


18 posted on 01/21/2021 4:52:47 PM PST by jimfree (My 20 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quiality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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Hope he has deep pockets.


19 posted on 01/21/2021 4:53:58 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Beware the media industrial complex )
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>>Scott said he wants the election to “be about issues” and wants to see people focus on the “difference between Republicans and Democrats.”

Perhaps Mr. Scott should start by ensuring that there IS a “difference between Republicans and Democrats.”


20 posted on 01/21/2021 4:54:02 PM PST by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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