John Thune

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suffered a fall in March that required a five-day stay in the hospital, then froze at the podium during a news conference just over a ...

"Taxpayers and working families should not be responsible for continuing to bear the costs associated with this suspension of repayment."

"We're not gonna do it, not if you don't."

"Trying to rehash and revisit and re-litigate the past election is not a winning strategy for trying to get the majorities back in 2022."

"There was a strong case made."

"I have seen some resolutions that could attract some support."

" is a friend of mine."

"He will be primaried in 2022, political career over!!!"

"It's not going anywhere."

Senator John Cornyn, another veteran Republican, also said he thought any such effort "would be a bad mistake" soundly defeated in the 100-member chamber, currently controlled by his party.

"With the absences now, we have some attendance issues, so it's a little bit fluid, I'd say at the moment."

Thune is stressing the importance of Trump considering a change in strategy.