By DYLAN McGUINNESS
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee says he will take more time, “perhaps weeks,” to mull a bid to regain his U.S. Senate seat.
Chafee surprised many last week when he said he would likely challenge Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse in a Democratic primary, and he told The Associated Press he’d likely decide this week.
On Thursday, he told the AP he would seek more feedback and possibly commission a poll.
Chafee also changed his mind on whether he would vote to protect special counsel Robert Mueller. He told the AP last week that he wouldn’t support legislation in the Senate to do that, but said Thursday he would have “voted with the Democrats.”
He says he “wasn’t tuned in” to the vote when he made the comment last week.
