{"id":2292245,"date":"2024-07-10T19:39:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T23:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/handful-of-gop-senators-to-skip-trump-coronation-at-rnc-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T19:41:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T23:41:12","slug":"handful-of-gop-senators-to-skip-trump-coronation-at-rnc-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/handful-of-gop-senators-to-skip-trump-coronation-at-rnc-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Handful of GOP senators to skip Trump coronation at RNC &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fhandful-of-gop-senators-to-skip-trump-coronation-at-rnc-washington-examiner%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=2292245&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>A \u2064handful of GOP senators are \u2063planning to \u200dskip former President Donald Trump&#8217;s coronation at the \u2062Republican National Convention. \u200bSenators such as Lisa Murkowski, Susan\u200b Collins, Mitt \u200dRomney, and \u2062others have\u2064 confirmed \u200bthat they\u200b will not be attending the event in Milwaukee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-wisconsin-supreme-court-nominee-a-no-show-at-debate\/\" title=\"Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court Nominee A No-Show At Debate\">citing scheduling conflicts<\/a>, \u2063logistical \u2063issues, or\u2064 their lack\u2062 of support for Trump. This decision reflects\u2062 the ongoing divisions within the Republican \u200dParty,\u2063 with \u200csome senators openly feuding \u200cwith\u200c Trump or\u2064 not \u200cbeing his biggest fans. Despite this, Senate Republican leadership, including Mitch McConnell, is\u200c expected \u2064to be present at the convention, aiming to present\u2062 a\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/great-stakes-michigan-gop-disarray-sparks-court-intervention-and-dueling-conventions\/\" title=\"Michigan GOP in chaos as courts step in and rival conventions emerge\">united front\u200d ahead<\/a> \u200cof the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-rand-paul-offers-dr-rachel-levine-as-example-of-radical-agenda-riding-bidens-coattails\/\" title=\"Sen. Rand Paul Offers Dr. Rachel Levine As Example Of Radical Agenda Riding Biden\u2019s Coattails\">upcoming presidential election<\/a>.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Handful of GOP senators to skip Trump coronation at RNC<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/samantha-jo-roth\/?mab_v3=3077121\">Samantha-Jo Roth and David Sivak<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-10T18:54:42-04:00\">July 10, 2024 6:54 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1699658\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate Republicans\">Senate Republicans<\/a> are looking to present a united front at the national convention next week, even as a small faction of the conference in the upper chamber is not planning to attend.<\/p>\n<p>A number of GOP senators who have either openly feuded with former President Donald Trump or have not been his biggest fans confirmed they will not be attending the four-day event in Milwaukee, aimed at firing up the party\u2019s base in the final stretch to the Nov. 5 presidential election. Several senators cited scheduling conflicts and logistical hurdles. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3040479\/who-is-marco-rubio-trump-vp-short-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHO IS MARCO RUBIO? MEET ONE OF THE EIGHT TOP NAMES ON TRUMP\u2019S VP SHORT LIST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Todd Young (R-IN), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)\u00a0told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> they do not plan on traveling to the convention.<\/p>\n<p>Murkowski, who initially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2899314\/lisa-murkowski-susan-collins-endorse-nikki-haley\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI'm%20proud%20to%20endorse,no%20one%20better%20than%20her.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>endorsed<\/a> former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in March and has been vocally against Trump\u2019s bid, said she won\u2019t be attending and is likely not welcome at the political gathering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got other engagements that are lined up, so no,\u201d Murkowski said, responding to a question from the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Alaska senator clashed with Trump during his presidency and was the first Republican senator to call for his resignation after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. She later voted to impeach him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m disappointed that we don\u2019t have better choices as a country when it comes to our presidential election,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Collins, who also voted to convict Trump on the impeachment charge of inciting an insurrection in 2021, said she won\u2019t be attending, citing a busy schedule in Maine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t go to the last Republican Convention either; it\u2019s been a number of years,\u201d she said, sidestepping a question about whether her absence has to do with her refusal to endorse Trump\u2019s presidential bid. \u201cI always go to my state convention,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cassidy, another senator who voted to convict Trump, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that he would not be attending because he has \u201climited time\u201d to spend with his family and in his district. <\/p>\n<p>Rounds said he has no plans to attend but indicated he could be open to making a last-minute decision to go if he\u2019s excited about Trump\u2019s running mate:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it was a matter of coming in to help endorse and support a member and so forth \u2014 but right now we don\u2019t know who that member is \u2014 so at this point, I haven\u2019t got any hotel rooms yet.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have loved to see Tim Scott as the vice president; if he was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-backed-bail-fund-freed-alleged-domestic-abuser-now-accused-of-murder\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris-Backed Bail Fund Freed Alleged Domestic Abuser Now Accused Of Murder\">vice presidential nominee<\/a>, that would have made me very pleased. But, right now we\u2019ve got a number of other very good candidates. I\u2019m not sure why there\u2019s a reason I should be there rather than back home in my state,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Young said he has travel plans next week, but did not divulge what exactly they were, while Romney was never expected to attend after he voted twice to convict Trump in his impeachment trials. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who is attending the convention, downplayed the fact some of his colleagues won\u2019t be in the Badger State next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether or not you go to the convention or not, wouldn\u2019t have anything to do with the fact that they don\u2019t support Trump, that has to do with other things,\u201d Grassley said.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2016 convention in Cleveland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2016\/07\/18\/486398726\/dumpster-fires-fishing-and-travel-these-republicans-are-sitting-out-the-rnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>more than 20<\/a> Senate Republicans skipped the convention. In 2020, the convention was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-research-no-reduction-in-all-cause-mortality-from-pfizer-and-moderna-covid-vaccines\/\" title=\"Foreign Research: No Reduction in All-Cause Mortality From Pfizer and Moderna COVID Vaccines\">cut short due<\/a> to the COVID-19 pandemic and was relocated to Washington D.C. <\/p>\n<p>This time around, Senate Republican leadership plans to be out in full force, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2903669\/mcconnell-endorses-trump-for-president-despite-rocky-past\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>endorsed <\/a>the former president in early March after it was clear the Republican primary had concluded. The two have put aside their frosty relationship, which intensified after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), who will be attending the convention, believes Trump smoothed over tensions with a number of his foes on Capitol Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3042185\/five-takeaways-trump-dc-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>during a visit <\/a>in early June to unify the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was quite encouraged by when Donald Trump came to Capitol Hill, House Republicans, Senate Republicans \u2014 I was encouraged by the people that were there. I think there\u2019s a uniting factor, it\u2019s happening,\u201d Cramer said.<\/p>\n<p><em>David Sivak contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1699658\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1699658\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few GOP senators will not be attending the upcoming Republican National Convention, citing various reasons such as scheduling conflicts and personal commitments. 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