“I think you know, so, I’ll leave it at that,” he told the Nashville Tennessean on Thursday. Though adding of Blackburn, he reportedly said: “Yeah, I endorsed her early on.”

Corker raised eyebrows in Washington when he praised Bredesen earlier this year and declined to campaign against the Democrat, while offering support for Blackburn’s candidacy.

“He is my friend,” Corker said in April. “I’m not going to campaign against him, but I’m supporting our nominee.”