The Back Channel Talks to Secure McConnell's Endorsement of Trump
Briefly

But people close to both men are working behind the scenes to make bygones of the enmity between them and to pave the way for a critical endorsement of the former president by the one Republican congressional leader who has yet to offer one...
The support of Mr. McConnell, the Republican senator from Kentucky and the chamber's minority leader, would also carry huge value in signaling to an entire class of donors and Trump-resistant Republican elites that it's acceptable to get behind the party's expected nominee no matter their misgivings.
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