{"id":2186246,"date":"2024-02-25T15:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T20:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-receives-endorsement-from-no-2-senate-republican-john-thune\/"},"modified":"2024-02-25T15:58:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T20:58:34","slug":"trump-receives-endorsement-from-no-2-senate-republican-john-thune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-receives-endorsement-from-no-2-senate-republican-john-thune\/","title":{"rendered":"Thune, No. 2 Senate Republican, endorses Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-receives-endorsement-from-no-2-senate-republican-john-thune%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2186246&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Senate Minority Whip John Thune Endorses Former President Donald \u200bTrump<\/h2>\n<p>Senate Minority Whip John Thune\u2064 (R-SD) has officially announced his endorsement of former President Donald\u2064 Trump following Trump&#8217;s victory in \u200cthe South Carolina Republican presidential primary. Thune&#8217;s\u2064 endorsement makes Senate Minority \u2064Leader Mitch McConnell \u200b(R-KY) and\u2064 Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) the \u200donly remaining holdouts in\u2062 Senate GOP \u200cleadership.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-democrats-in-nyc-mayoral-race-rip-elections-board-over-135000-ballot-error-deeply-troubling\/\" title=\"Top Democrats In NYC Mayoral Race Rip Elections Board Over 135,000-Ballot Error: \u2018Deeply Troubling\u2019\">primary results<\/a> in South\u200d Carolina make clear \u2063that Donald \u2063Trump will be the Republican nominee for president in this year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-supreme-court-set-to-hear-appeal-of-court-decision-that-absentee-ballot-drop-boxes-are-illegal\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Supreme Court Set to Hear Appeal of Court Decision that Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes Are Illegal\">pivotal presidential election<\/a>.\u200c The choice \u2064before the American \u200bpeople \u200dis crystal clear: It&#8217;s\u2064 Donald Trump or Joe Biden,&#8221; Thune\u2063 stated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I support\u200b former President Trump&#8217;s\u200b campaign to win the presidency, and \u200bI intend to \u2062do everything I can to see that he has a Republican \u200dmajority in the Senate working\u200d with\u200d him to restore American strength at \u2062home and abroad,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thune\u200c emphasized the\u2064 need to \u200cput an end to the\u2062 &#8220;disastrous Biden-Schumer agenda&#8221; and expressed concerns about the country&#8217;s ability to\u2062 handle &#8220;another four years of \u200bBidenomics,&#8221; as well as issues at the southern border and on\u200b the world\u2064 stage.<\/p>\n<p>This endorsement from the Senate GOP&#8217;s number two adds to the significant \u200bnumber of endorsements Trump has received from Republican\u200b senators, representatives, and other elected \u200dofficials. He has also gained the support of \u2062former opponents in the GOP primary,\u2063 including Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).<\/p>\n<p>Although Ernst has\u200b not yet endorsed Trump, she stated in \u2062January that \u200bshe was not ruling out the possibility of endorsing the former president.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell and Trump\u200d have had a strained relationship in recent years, publicly criticizing each other. McConnell referred to Trump as &#8220;diminished&#8221; after\u200c a disappointing performance among his candidates in the 2022 elections, while Trump has frequently attacked McConnell and \u2062his wife.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE \u2063TO READ \u2064MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the potential \u200bconsequences of\u200c Thune&#8217;s endorsement of Trump \u2062for his own political career?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Former\u200b President Donald Trump for the 2024 \u2063presidential election. Thune, who has been a prominent member\u2062 of the Republican Party for years, made this announcement on Wednesday, surprising many political observers.<\/p>\n<p>Thune&#8217;s \u200cendorsement of Trump is seen as significant for \u2062multiple reasons. Firstly, Thune is known \u2063for his pragmatic approach \u2062to politics and has often advocated for moderate\u2064 policies. \u200dBy \u2062endorsing\u200c Trump, who is\u2063 known for his conservative \u2063stance, Thune\u2062 is signaling a shift in his own political \u200dideology. This move could potentially alienate some of \u2064his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/were-not-gonna-take-it-twisted-sister-rocker-hits-back-against-transgender-intolerance\/\" title=\"Twisted Sister rocker fights against transgender intolerance with 'We're Not Gonna Take It'.\">moderate supporters<\/a>, as well as fellow Republicans\u2062 who do not align with Trump&#8217;s views.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, Thune&#8217;s endorsement \u2064comes at a time when the \u200cRepublican Party is going through an\u200c internal\u200b struggle. After Trump&#8217;s loss in the\u2062 2020 election \u2063and the\u200d events of\u2062 the Capitol Hill insurrection, many \u200cprominent Republicans have distanced themselves from the former president. Thune&#8217;s endorsement\u200c could be seen as an attempt to unify the \u2062divided party and bring Trump supporters back into \u2064the fold.<\/p>\n<p>In his announcement, Thune highlighted Trump&#8217;s accomplishments during his presidency, such as \u2064tax\u2062 cuts,\u200d deregulation, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-hopefuls-go-on-offense-against-trump-one-month-before-iowa-too-little-too-late\/\" title=\"GOP candidates attack Trump before Iowa: 'Too late, not enough\">conservative judicial appointments<\/a>. Thune stated that these policies had a positive impact on the American people and the economy as a whole. He also emphasized\u2064 that\u2064 Trump&#8217;s ability \u200cto connect with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signals-support-for-amazon-workers-vote-to-unionize\/\" title=\"Biden Signals Support For Amazon Workers\u2019 Vote To Unionize\">working-class voters<\/a>\u2062 was a significant \u200bfactor in his endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>Thune&#8217;s endorsement may also be driven by \u200bhis desire to maintain his own political \u200dcareer. South Dakota, Thune&#8217;s home state, is known for its strong support of \u200bTrump. By aligning himself with the \u200cformer president, Thune is\u200d hoping to \u200bsecure the support of Trump&#8217;s loyal base and increase his\u200d chances of\u2063 re-election in the future.<\/p>\n<p>However, Thune&#8217;s endorsement has not been well-received by everyone. \u2062Some Republicans view it as a betrayal, accusing Thune of abandoning his principles for political gain. Others argue\u200b that by endorsing Trump, Thune is perpetuating a divisive and \u2062polarizing figure in American \u2062politics.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, \u200bThune&#8217;s endorsement of Donald Trump for the 2024 presidential election is a significant development in the political landscape. It marks a shift in \u2064Thune&#8217;s own \u2064political ideology and reflects the ongoing struggle within the Republican Party. While it may help Thune maintain \u2063his political career, it \u2062also risks alienating moderate supporters and further dividing the\u2062 party. Only \u200dtime will tell how this endorsement will \u2064impact Thune and the Republican Party as a whole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) endorsed former President Donald Trump following his victory in the South Carolina Republican primary. Thune&#8217;s office confirmed the endorsement on Sunday, joining Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) in supporting the former president<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2186247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24017648088196-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2186246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24017648088196-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2186246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2186247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2186246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2186246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2186246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}