Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, dismissed former President Donald Trump’s criticisms of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and called on the GOP to embrace party unity. Trump pilloried McConnell several weeks ago in a lengthy statement, saying that the longtime Kentucky senator’s leadership would lead to losses in 2022 and 2024—noting that McConnell did not embrace his calls to provide $2,000 stimulus payments, while top Democrats did. It came after McConnell, in a Wall Street Journal opinion article, said it was Trump’s post-election statements that led to the 2020 loss of the Senate. The 45th president reportedly strongly criticized McConnell during a speech to donors on Saturday. Thune was asked about the comment during a Fox News interview on Sunday, to which Thune, the Senate minority whip, replied that such rhetoric was just “part of the style and tone that comes with the former …