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Trump’s rift with Thune drives a wedge into the Republican Party
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President Donald Trump won’t stop needling Senate Majority Leader John Thune, no matter how much it splinters Republicans.
Thune says much of what Trump wants is not attainable, but the presidential pressure is unrelenting.
And many of Thune’s members are resisting Trump, too — a hangover from the president’s past bouts with three Republican senators he prodded into retirement or defeat.
Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rick Scott, R-Fla., are rallying as many Republican senators as they can to push for canceling recess to try to pass it.
On top of that, Trump wants a debt ceiling increase, which Senate Budget Chair Ron Johnson, R-Wis., called a “heavy lift” on Wednesday.