{"id":1431,"date":"2026-07-21T07:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2026-07-21T07:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:37:26","slug":"rick-scott-says-he-doesnt-want-to-be-senate-leader-republicans-dont-believe-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1431","title":{"rendered":"Rick Scott Says He Doesn\u2019t Want to Be Senate Leader. Republicans Don\u2019t Believe Him."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. Rick Scott\u2019s decision to end-run Senate Majority Leader John Thune and invite President Donald Trump to an all-members lunch on Wednesday upset Senate Republicans and left many of them with the belief that he will challenge Thune to lead the conference later this year, sources tell NOTUS.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1427\">Senate Republicans Are Now Pushing for More of a Say in Iran War<\/a><\/p><p>Scott, the senior senator from Florida, turned heads over the weekend by inviting Trump to the weekly Steering Committee meeting led by conservatives in the conference, without giving Thune even so much as a heads up. The Republican leader has been navigating <span><u>months of tension<\/u><\/span> between the president, who seemingly has no interest in making Thune\u2019s job easy, and the small GOP majority Thune is trying to hold on to.<\/p>\n<p>Scott insisted to NOTUS that he has no ulterior motive. He also said he has no intention of ever running for leadership again.<\/p><p>\u201cI\u2019ve run twice. I have zero interest in doing anything leadership in the Senate ever again. I will never run for anything leadership in the Senate ever again,\u201d he said. \u201cI love it when people say things anonymously and I have to respond. \u2026 I think that\u2019s ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Members of Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on.\" class=\"wp-image-1140\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a83d84194055dedfdd98b2e70239cb6c-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a83d84194055dedfdd98b2e70239cb6c-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a83d84194055dedfdd98b2e70239cb6c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a83d84194055dedfdd98b2e70239cb6c.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sen Bill Cassidy\" class=\"wp-image-1424\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b94e0eb2c68d9295fd18e957e37ef9c8-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b94e0eb2c68d9295fd18e957e37ef9c8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b94e0eb2c68d9295fd18e957e37ef9c8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b94e0eb2c68d9295fd18e957e37ef9c8.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Senate Republicans Are Now Pushing for More of a Say in Iran War\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mexico Taylor Farms\" class=\"wp-image-1420\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/df084718115614fda90e629f40254437-768x520.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/df084718115614fda90e629f40254437-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/df084718115614fda90e629f40254437-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/df084718115614fda90e629f40254437.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      The FDA Says It Did Not \u2018Officially Apologize\u2019 to Taylor Farms\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"LindseyGraham\" class=\"wp-image-1430\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ea563b167ecc8ff0789cba490f4f0e0d-768x512.png\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ea563b167ecc8ff0789cba490f4f0e0d-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ea563b167ecc8ff0789cba490f4f0e0d-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ea563b167ecc8ff0789cba490f4f0e0d.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Lindsey Graham\u2019s Campaign Committee Has $2.3 Million in Leftover Cash\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>But Scott has made other moves that have raised eyebrows: He sent a letter to Senate Republicans on Monday night laying out what he believed should be their agenda for the coming months ahead of November, including passing a \u201cclean\u201d continuing resolution before the Sept. 30 deadline and putting the SAVE America Act on the floor \u2014 or at least \u201cportions of it.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cI hope we can continue to have robust conversations as a conference this week as to how we should spend our time between now and the November elections,\u201d Scott wrote, noting Trump\u2019s presence at the luncheon. \u201cI hope everyone will be vocal as to what they think is the best path forward.\u201d<\/p><p>Numerous members saw Scott\u2019s invite as a direct affront to Thune\u2019s leadership and believed Scott, who has run for the top Senate spot twice previously, may use the Trump invite and his close relationship with the president to springboard a leadership challenge.<\/p><p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how \u2026 you couldn\u2019t see it like that. That\u2019s how I saw it,\u201d one Senate Republican told NOTUS. \u201cI think it\u2019s an undermining of our leader, quite frankly. \u2026 I don\u2019t know why he wouldn\u2019t have coordinated that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) said he anticipates Scott will \u201cprobably\u201d run for Senate leader and that he personally would like to see Scott challenge Thune.<\/p><p>\u201cI can\u2019t speak for them, but I hope he does,\u201d Tuberville said. \u201cHe\u2019d been wanting to do it, but can he get elected? It\u2019d be hard.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cHe threw his name out there last time. I would imagine he\u2019d do it [again],\u201d Tuberville added.<\/p><p>Scott ran against Thune and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) following the 2024 elections, but finished in third place. In 2022, he challenged Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), who held the spot for nearly two decades, and lost badly.<\/p><p>Scott\u2019s emailed outline of his vision for a Republican agenda was not particularly well received, especially as the continued push by Scott and other conservatives, like Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, to pass the SAVE America Act has made life difficult for Thune. They want leaders to put the bill back on the floor and debate it, despite the fact it lacks sufficient support within the conference. Additionally, there\u2019s not enough support for changes to the Senate\u2019s filibuster rules that would be necessary to pass the bill.<\/p><p>A source close to Scott emphasized there was nothing in the letter the senator hadn\u2019t said before and that running for leader next Congress wasn\u2019t \u201con his mind at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the source did acknowledge that the letter and the decision to invite Trump came against a backdrop of simmering tension over how the Senate is managed.<\/p><p>\u201cThere\u2019s certainly frustration with some of the ways the Senate has been operating,\u201d the source said. \u201cThe general frustration comes from Trump himself. People are gonna gripe no matter what. I think it\u2019s just there is some general frustration from some members, they haven\u2019t been quiet about it, but nobody has been attacking Thune.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1425\">Trump Is Imposing 50% Tariffs on Goods From Canada<\/a><\/p><p>The source also emphasized that inviting Trump to speak at the Steering Committee lunch was nothing new for Scott, pointing to the fact that he has invited a number of Cabinet members and other senior administration officials to speak to the group.<\/p><p>\u201dAny opportunity you get to invite him to lunch on a Wednesday, you\u2019re gonna take it,\u201d said the source, who added that other than Scott, \u201cthere\u2019s not many people who can bring the range of people he has brought to lunch.\u201d<\/p><p>Trump hasn\u2019t been willing to take no for an answer on the SAVE America Act. Last week, he blew up Senate Republicans\u2019 plan to quickly confirm his pick to lead the nation\u2019s intelligence agencies and reauthorize a key intelligence-gathering tool unless senators agreed to pass the bill. Members like Lee and Scott have boosted Trump\u2019s position.<\/p><p>\u201cI think we ought to put it on the floor and announce that we\u2019re going to debate it until it passes. Sometimes, by debating it, you can wear down the opposition. Sometimes you can find areas of compromise,\u201d Lee told NOTUS.<\/p>\n<p>Most Senate Republicans are deeply skeptical or outright dismissive of that plan, given the intense Democratic opposition to the bill. They believe the conservative senators are selling Trump and their incensed base a false bill of goods that has no chance of succeeding.<\/p><p>\u201cWe\u2019re wasting time on this,\u201d Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) said Tuesday. \u201cIt\u2019s like a remake of a bad movie that just keeps on getting released \u2026 it\u2019s been an abject failure. At what point do you just stop digging a hole?\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cThe idea that at some point, 10 Democrats are all of a sudden going to flip and vote for the SAVE America Act, it\u2019s just not a realistic outcome,\u201d Thune told reporters.<\/p><p>The lunch will be an opportunity for Republican senators to hear directly from Trump, however. They also hope to get more information from him about any plan to reauthorize the counterterrorism tool \u2014 Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act \u2014 which has gone dark for the first time since it was originally enacted in 2008.<\/p><p>\u201cIt will be important if it actually is a constructive exchange of different opinions, and hopefully we can all get on the same page,\u201d Cornyn said. \u201cRight now, we\u2019re not in a great place.\u201d<\/p><p>Scott\u2019s denials that he wants Thune\u2019s job ring hollow to many.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s certainly pretending he\u2019s leader right now,\u201d one Republican operative said. \u201cThe email was very much making that case. I read it as an attempted big dicking of Thune.\u201d<\/p><p>Some of Scott\u2019s actions live long in the minds of Senate Republicans \u2014 specifically his decision to challenge McConnell only days after the 2022 midterms.<\/p><p>The Florida lawmaker led the National Republican Senatorial Committee that cycle, and his decision to keep the group out of GOP primaries led to a number of subpar candidates. He was also panned for his indirect call to sunset Social Security and Medicare.<\/p><p>McConnell was a chief critic of those moves, saying Republicans had a \u201ccandidate-quality\u201d problem. Democrats ultimately grew their majority by a seat that cycle.<\/p><p>McConnell ultimately beat back the challenge with 37 votes to Scott\u2019s 10.<\/p><p>One Senate Republican noted that if Scott were to run now, his support might not even get to that level.<\/p><p>\u201cLet me show you how many votes he has,\u201d the member said, holding up five fingers. \u201cMaybe this on a good day,\u201d they continued, holding up 10 fingers.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1421\">House Judiciary Panel Gives Border-Enforcement Legislation Another Try<\/a><\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s probably gone down since last time,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott\u2019s surprise invitation for Trump to attend a Republican lunch led some in the conference to believe the senator will challenge Majority Leader John Thune this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rick Scott Says He Doesn\u2019t Want to Be Senate Leader. 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