Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday the New Hampshire primary results are of \u2018great interest\u2019 but that he has no news to report with regard to an endorsement for former President Trump.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019ve stayed essentially out of it,\u2019 McConnell told reporters after a GOP luncheon. \u2018But if I change my mind, I\u2019ll let you know.\u2019<\/p>\n
McConnell\u2019s comments come after a growing number of Senate Republicans have thrown their support behind Trump in the 2024 presidential race ahead of the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. Several GOP lawmakers are also calling on former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to drop out of the race so that the party can unite behind Trump as the Republican nominee.<\/p>\n
\u2018I don\u2019t have any news to make today,\u2019 McConnell said. \u2018We\u2019re watching New Hampshire with great interest.\u2019<\/p>\n
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., another Trump ally, said Tuesday that \u2018there\u2019s not a lot of love lost\u2019 between Trump and McConnell without an endorsement.<\/p>\n
\u2018We all know that,\u2019 Tuberville said. \u2018You hear the former president come after him, and the leader has not been very kind with his words.\u2019<\/p>\n
On Sunday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his presidential campaign in a video posted to X, subsequently endorsing Trump.<\/p>\n
South Carolina Sens. Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham have also endorsed Trump, snubbing Haley despite her being the governor of the state from 2011 to 2017. Nearly a dozen other senators in the GOP have thrown their support behind Trump, including Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio.<\/p>\n
Last week, Trump secured a win in the Iowa caucuses during the first contest of the 2024 presidential election cycle.<\/p>\n
Fox News\u2019 Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.<\/p>\n\n
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