Thune scrambles to stop MAGA House member from getting ‘anywhere near the Senate’: report

Outgoing Senate Majority Leader John Thune is reportedly putting pressure on Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) not to hand off the seat to a MAGA member of the House that the South Dakota Republican does not find palatable. There has been a scramble over who will fill her seat since she was victorious last week in her bid to become Tennessee’s new governor at age 74. With rumors floating that Defense…