John Thune on Trump Slamming Him in Mar-a-Lago Fundraiser: Republicans Are Better off When We’re United

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THUNE: “First off, I will announce something on my relation plans as I typically do later in the year. I think these campaigns are too long and cost way too much and I think the American people and I know people in South Dakota get weary of it. I’m going to focus on doing the job which I think is the best way to run for reelection in any election cycle. You know, who gets in against me is not going to be a factor in that decision. Chris, I have been through wars in South Dakota, political wars with my own party when it ran the first time with the Democrats in a couple of hotly contested Senate races. Being afraid of a fight or someone coming after me is not something that will influence the decision. I do think Republicans are and working to defeat Democrats. The one thing that should unite President Trump, Mitch McConnell, myself and others running for reelection this year is getting candidates on the field who are electable in the general election. That should unite us because the best thing we can do to save this country is to get the majority back in the United States Senate in 2022. I hope in the end of the rhetoric aside right now and the things flying back and forth that that is a thing that will be focused on and I believe that will unite the president and former president at least in the rest of the Republicans in the United States Senate. Chris: Real quickly, your reaction to President Trump at a meeting of the RNC big donors in Florida yesterday calling Mitch McConnell a dumb blank.”