Following worse-than-expected Republican gains in Congress, several Republican senators called on the GOP’s leadership vote next week to be postponed.
“The Senate GOP leadership vote next week should be postponed,” wrote Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee and who recently won reelection, on Friday morning.
“First we need to make sure that those who want to lead us are genuinely committed to fighting for the priorities & values of the working Americans (of every background) who gave us big wins in states like Florida,” Rubio wrote on Twitter.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), meanwhile, agreed with Rubio’s assertion by saying that “I don’t know why Senate GOP would hold a leadership vote for the next Congress before this election is finished,” before pointing to the runoff election in Georgia between Republican candidate Herschel Walker and Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.). That election will be held on Dec. 6….