"Corey is looking for ways to get back in good with President Trump," one Republican strategist claimed to the New York Post. Lewandowski turned heads after calling out Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, with many suggesting he was hinting at "challenging" the politician. He told conservative podcaster John Fredericks in June, "John Thune, who happens to be up for re-election – not this November but two years from now – is very susceptible to a very serious Republican primary challenge." "The American people will be looking at someone who has a proven history of winning an election in South Dakota to maybe challenge John Thune,” Lewandowski added at the time. Thune has left Trump and MAGA supporters raging, as he has continued to note there are not enough votes to pass the president's much-pushed SAVE America Act.