Is this what John Thune bargained for? Photo: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg/Getty Images When Republican members of the Senate gathered in Washington this week to name their leadership to run the chamber next year, there were some preliminary rumblings about the need to get rid of establishment types and hire some fiery MAGA figures. The prime candidate was Florida senator Rick Scott, who challenged front-runners John Thune and John Cornyn for the position being vacated by longtime Trump frenemy Mitch