Republican Senate leader fight expected to put party rift between factions on full display
Fox News
The race for a new Senate Republican leader is expected to showcase the deepening division within the party as mainstream Republicans and hardliners push toward alternative goals.
According to Republican strategist Ron Bonjean, former top spokesman to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and former chief of staff of the Senate Republican Conference, more attention will likely be called to "the old guard versus the new populism that is growing quickly within the Senate GOP" during the leader fight.
The battle is further poised "to draw Trump into the mix more often on high-profile national issues," he said.
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