{"id":2266656,"date":"2024-06-13T07:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T11:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-republicans-will-skip-trumps-visit-to-capitol\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T07:22:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T11:22:07","slug":"some-republicans-will-skip-trumps-visit-to-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-republicans-will-skip-trumps-visit-to-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Republicans to miss Trump&#8217;s Capitol visit"},"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%2Fsome-republicans-will-skip-trumps-visit-to-capitol%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=2266656&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--><p>Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP\u2064 presidential nominee, is slated to meet with\u2062 Senate Republicans in Washington,\u200c D.C. on Thursday.\u200c This marks his first official\u2064 gathering \u200dwith them\u200d since his \u2063presidency. Despite the intent to forge party unity ahead \u2064of the upcoming \u200belection, several\u200b centrist Republican senators, including Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and\u200b Mitt \u2062Romney,\u200d have\u200d cited scheduling \u2062conflicts as \u2062reasons for not attending the meeting. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, despite\u200b a strained relationship with\u200b Trump and a long period of \u2062no\u200b direct communication since before the Capitol riot in 2021, has \u200cconfirmed\u200c his attendance. McConnell \u2064previously\u2063 endorsed Trump in March, reversing his earlier critical stance following the events of \u200bJanuary \u20626, 2021. The meeting, orchestrated\u200d by \u200dRepublican Conference Chairman John Barrasso, aims \u2062to discuss the GOP\u2019s agenda\u2064 for 2025.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>There will be notable absences on Thursday when presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3036610\/trump-meet-republican-senators-2025-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"meets with Senate Republicans\">meets with Senate Republicans<\/a> in Washington, D.C., for the first time since leaving the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Some centrist Republican senators who oppose the former president told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> they plan to skip the meeting due to unspecified scheduling conflicts, much to the chagrin of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/2982335\/mcconnell-indicates-hell-vote-for-trump-voters-have-spoken-on-gop-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"GOP leaders\">GOP leaders<\/a> who are billing the event as a chance to build <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3027672\/senate-gop-backs-larry-hogan-trump-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"GOP leaders\">party unity<\/a> heading into the election.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will attend despite his frosty relationship with the former president and no contact between the two since before the 2021 Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said three years ago, right after the Capitol was attacked, that I would support our nominee, regardless of who it was, including him,\u201d McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-republican-covid-19-package-after-mcconnell-rejects-bipartisan-proposal\/\" title=\"Trump backs Republican COVID-19 package after McConnell rejects bipartisan proposal\">told reporters<\/a> Wednesday. \u201cI\u2019ve said earlier this year I support him. He\u2019s earned the nomination by the voters all across the country, and of course, I\u2019ll be at the meeting tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell endorsed Trump in March, a stunning reversal from previously blaming him for \u201cdisgraceful\u201d acts on Jan. 6, 2021, and after Trump\u2019s attacks against the senator\u2019s wife, former Trump Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, that have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1990749\/elaine-chao-asks-media-not-to-repeat-racist-nickname-trump-gave-her\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"panned as racist\">panned as racist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> they won\u2019t attend because of busy schedules. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) said he won\u2019t either because he has a flight to catch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got a conflict,\u201d Murkowski said. \u201cWe just got the invite [Monday]. I\u2019ve got a pretty crazy week. I\u2019ve just got a lot going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/salemnow-revives-clarence-thomas-doc-after-amazon-cancellation\/\" title=\"SalemNOW Revives Clarence Thomas Doc After Amazon Cancellation\">initially told<\/a> the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> he was undecided due to his schedule but later told reporters he was inclined to attend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s going to be the next president,\u201d Cassidy said. \u201cYou got to work with the next president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collins, Murkowski, Cassidy, and Romney are the remaining of the seven GOP senators who voted to convict Trump of impeachment over the Capitol riot. The other three have since retired from Congress.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>President Donald Trump speaks as he stands next to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after their meeting at the White House, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Approached off the Senate floor by reporters, an aide accompanying Sen. Todd Young (R-IN), the former chairman of Senate Republicans\u2019 campaign arm under Trump, said the senator would not be answering any questions related to the former president.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he will \u201cprobably\u201d attend.<\/p>\n<p>The invite to Trump was extended by Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) to discuss the GOP\u2019s 2025 agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe it will be helpful to hear directly from President Trump about his plans for the summer and to also share our ideas for a strategic governing agenda in 2025,\u201d Barrasso wrote in an email invitation to GOP colleagues on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was already slated to be in town to meet with the Business Roundtable lobbying group. He\u2019ll meet with House Republicans at the Capitol Hill Club on Thursday morning before joining Senate Republicans at the National Republican Senatorial Committee later that afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Other Senate Republicans were disappointed to hear there would be some GOP boycotts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would hope that we\u2019d all be unified for \u2014 hopefully \u2014 the next president of the United States because if we\u2019re not, we\u2019re going to get our ears beat off,\u201d Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s our nominee,\u201d Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), one of three Republicans vying to be McConnell\u2019s successor as the next GOP leader, said. \u201cWe got to win the White House. We got to win the Senate. We got to win the House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) are also running to replace McConnell and emphasized party unity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Trump\u2019s] team is coordinating with us on all the key Senate races,\u201d Thune said. \u201cI think it\u2019ll be just an attempt to make sure that we\u2019re united as we head into November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cornyn stressed that \u201cunity is helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats were eager to use the meeting as another opportunity to whack Republicans for their affinity to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo other former president enjoys having their ass kissed more than Trump, so it\u2019s going to be a lot of that,\u201d Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fetterman then motioned to Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cotton-calls-for-january-6-style-probe-into-left-wing-terrorist-supporters-who-vandalized-monuments-in-d-c\/\" title=\"Cotton Demands January 6-Type Investigation into Supporters of Left-Wing Terrorism Who Defaced D.C. Monuments\">potential vice presidential running mate<\/a> to Trump, who exited a nearby elevator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, there you go,\u201d Fetterman said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, when Donald Trump, the likely GOP presidential nominee, meets with Senate Republicans in Washington, D.C., several centrist senators opposing him will miss the event. They cited scheduling conflicts, according to the Washington Examiner. 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