U.S. Senator On Endorsing Trump For President: ‘Current Leader Of The Republican Party Is Ron DeSantis’

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) responded to questions from reporters Monday about whether she would endorse former President Donald Trump (R) for president again by saying that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is the current leader of the Republican Party.

Lummis made the remarks while talking about the Republican Party’s underperformance in midterm elections last week and the upcoming U.S. Senate runoff race in Georgia between Herschel Walker (R) and Raphael Warnock (D).

Politico reporter Burgess Everett asked Lummis if she would endorse Trump for office again ahead of his expected announcement tomorrow that he will run for president in 2024.

“I don’t think that’s the right question,” Lummis responded. “I think the question is who is the current leader of the Republican Party. Oh, I know who it is: Ron DeSantis.”

!!! I asked Sen. Lummis if she will endorse Trump

“I don’t think that’s the right question. I think the question is who is the current leader of the Republican Party. Oh, I know who it is: Ron DeSantis”

— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) November 14, 2022

“I’m saying currently, Ron DeSantis is the leader of the Republican Party, whether he wants to be or not,” Lummis said, according to NBC News reporter Frank Thorp V.

Another reporter quoted Lummis as saying, “In my opinion, the current leader of the Republican Party is Ron DeSantis.”

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