The Senate GOP leadership race for the right

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🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Sens. John Thune, John Cornyn and Rick Scott are all vying to lead their party in the upper chamber. Anna and Jake go through Andrew and Max's reporting how the GOP leadership hopefuls are courting conservatives. Plus: The latest on the House Intel Committee drama. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.2	And I am Jake Sherman.
0:44.5	And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchable News.
0:47.4	It's Thursday, June 6th, 2024.
0:50.1	Let's get into the mix here, are your Washington headlines of the day.
0:53.8	Number one, how Senate GOP leadership hopefuls are trying to appease conservatives.
0:58.7	Number two, Speaker Mike Johnson's ruffling feathers with intel appointments.
1:03.7	And number three, we've got some news.
1:05.9	House Dems are now trying to hold SCOTUS accountable.
1:10.5	All right, Jake, let's get into it.
1:12.4	We are leading this morning with a top by Andrew DeZadario and Max Cohen,
1:17.1	looking at how the three Senate GOP hopefuls,
1:22.2	who are trying to take over from Mitch McConnell in that top leadership position,
1:31.2	are courting the right as the caucus has become much more populous, certainly frustrated with the leadership style of McConnell.
1:37.6	We've seen all three hopefuls kind of tacked to the right and try to court conservatives
1:43.0	here in the past couple of weeks.
1:45.7	Yeah, that's right. So the, as we know, the three aspirants, the three hopefuls, you don't like
1:52.8	the word aspirants. I'm sorry. I don't. I don't. It reminds me of, I don't know.
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