The tepid Senate Republican response to some of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees has MAGA loyalists talking about primary challenges.

One pro-Trump social media influencer wrote a viral post about Arizona Republican Kari Lake challenging Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) over the latter’s seeming reluctance to support Pete Hegseth’s nomination for secretary of defense.

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