Ken Cuccinelli has spent years attacking Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans. Now, it’s time for payback
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Sen. John Thune , the GOP’s chief vote-counter, called the bid “a longshot,” adding, “They’ll go forward with it or they won’t, but I will suspect he’ll have plenty of obstacles once he gets here.” By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Some senators are still hoping to persuade Trump not to formally nominate or appoint Cuccinelli, but if the president goes through with it, the former Virginia attorney general will either be rejected or blocked from a floor vote entirely.
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