President Donald Trump said in an interview on CBS News’ “60 Minutes” that his mass deportations policy hurt him in the elections.
\n\nPresident Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday. Alex Wroblewski / AFP via Getty
\n\nSenate Republicans are scheduled to hold their leadership elections tomorrow morning, but a growing number of GOP senators are calling for a delay to discuss how contenders plan to lead in the wake of historic losses among their ranks.
\n\nSen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., wrote in a letter he plans to send today to Senate Republican Conference Chair Tom Cotton, R-Ark., that senators should meet tomorrow morning instead to hear “what type of collaborative conference governing model we should adopt and what our strategy will be to counter the emboldened Democrats.”
\n\n“Holding leadership elections without engaging in a robust discussion and evaluation of how those running for leadership intend to lead would be political malpractice,” Johnson wrote. “It is certainly not the way leadership elections should be conducted in the world’s greatest deliberative body.”
\n\nJohnson’s office said the letter has five Republicans’ signatures. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said on X that his is one of them, and Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., agreed that…
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