Rubio backs Scott for GOP Senate leader

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) threw his support behind Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as the upper chamber’s GOP leader.

“I will be voting for my Florida colleague @ScottforFlorida to be our next Senate GOP leader,” Rubio posted on the social platform X.

The race is set between Scott, Senate Republican Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who served as Senate GOP whip during Trump’s first two years in the White........

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