Former President Trump showed his support for Sen. John Barrasso to become the next Senate Republican whip, stating that the Wyoming lawmaker will always be reliable.
“John Barrasso is an excellent Senator for the amazing people of Wyoming,” Trump stated on a Thursday evening post on Truth Social.
“He is aiming to be the next Republican Whip for the Senate Republican Conference, which is a crucial role to guarantee the successful passing and implementation of policies that prioritize America,” Trump included. “I am very familiar with John — he will never let you down.”
Barrasso, the Senate Republican Conference chair, is running unopposed for the whip position. He said stated last week that he had already secured enough votes to succeed Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), who is vying to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.) as Senate Republican Leader.
“They’ve seen the job that I’ve done as chairman of the policy committee, they’ve seen the job that I’ve done now for the last six years as the chairman of the conference in terms of making sure the information they got was credible, reliable, accurate, timely, things that they could use to be successful at home and successful in D.C.,” Barrasso said at the time.
“Overwhelmingly, I’ve gotten the support of every member,” he added.
When McConnell announced that he was stepping down as Republican leader, Barrasso, along with Sen. John Coryn (R-Texas) and Thune, was listed among the possible candidates for the top spot in their conference.
However, in a letter to his colleagues, Barrasso said that “[o]ne thing that is clear to me is that the Republicans in the Senate need to break from where we are now.”
“We need change,” Barrasso said. “If elected to serve as your Whip, I will look for greater openness about our process and transparency about your choices. We must put consensus within our Conference ahead of deal-making among a few.”
