President Donald Trump asked him to run for a third term. Blunt faced heat from other Republicans, namely former Gov. Eric Greitens, for voting to sustain President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory. Blunt voted to acquit Trump during his second impeachment trial earlier this year. When he was chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, Blunt was the point person for Trump’s 2017 inauguration — as was the case this year when Biden was sworn into office. So Blunt said he spent a lot of time with Trump before he was inaugurated, which he added created a unique relationship between them.