WASHINGTON: One week after the massive election defeat that repudiated their fealty to President Donald Trump, Republicans in the US Congress were set on Tuesday to decide who will lead their party next year when Democrats take over the Senate and House of Representatives.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune appeared to face no challengers to his bid to become minority leader in January, even as a group of hardline Republican senators pressed to delay party leadership elections in favor of holding a post-mortem session on the election defeat.
Thune told reporters on Monday that Republicans would talk about the election losses before moving forward with the leadership vote.
"I'm running for leader, but I think it's important that we have that discussion. And we will, and everyone will have a chance to weigh in, and then we'll hopefully move forward," he said.
