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Republican senators are pushing back against President-elect Donald Trump and his base of MAGA supporters as they try to ram a potential party leader down their proverbial throats, according to a new report. Mounting calls for Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) to become next majority leader has infuriated several GOP senators who do not want to consider conservative pundits’ demands when choosing a candidate to support, Punchbowl News reported Monday. “I really don’t much care what Tucker Carlson thinks,” one GOP senator, who asked not to be named, said. “They’re trying to bully us. That’s not how these …