I spoke with a few sources in D.C. about what happened today with the Senate minority leader vote. I’m told the speed at which the vote was carried out was deliberately designed to favor the incumbent. There was no time for a challenger to campaign to even try to unseat Thune. Thune was the only contender. Thune spoke to all the Senators today. I’m told he sounded angry and defensive. 31 GOP senators then voted to force the vote for leader through today. It’s a secret vote so there’s no official list. Many Senators spoke in favor of delaying the vote. Those include: Ron Johnson John Kennedy Mike Lee Rick Scott Ashley Moody Dave Mccormick Jim Banks Rand Paul Note that speaking or not speaking in favor or against doesn’t determine how anyone voted. It was a secret vote so there’s no way to know for sure how any Senator voted unless they decide to publicize it. Absent a death or resignation, a Republican Senate Leader has never been replaced mid-Congress after they were voted in. It seems unlikely anything will change. Thune will be the leader. I’m told there’s a lot of frustration.
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BREAKING: Current Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been selected to serve as Senate Minority Leader.
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I will not donate a penny to a GOP Senator until he is removed.
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The Republican party is dead. This made it official.
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I could vomit. Thune is our enemy.
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This is ridiculous. He should never have been Leader again. He failed the Republican public. We detest him. We detest these Senators for allowing him to continue to destroy the Republican party.
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An evil man will burn his country to the ground to rule over the ashes. Thune is a very evil man
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We are all frustrated. Thune is not honorable. He needs to take a lesson from Mike Johnson. The entire leadership team should have stepped down.
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Thune is a turd.
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These useless republican c*nts don’t represent us…
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Its time. I’m done. Burn the Republican Party to the ground and start over. They are just too corrupt to do any good. They are beyond useless now. The Republican Party as a whole is a threat to the future of this country. We need a new party comprised of patriots who will actually oppose the insanity that is the democrat party.
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These are the Republican Senators whose terms are up in 2028. If one is your Senator and will not disclose how they voted, they should be primaried. If they voted for Thune, they should be primaried. We need to keep holding these losers accountable until we get representatives that do what we want them to do. Arkansas John Boozman; Florida Ashley Moody; Idaho Mike Crapo; Indiana Todd Young; Iowa Chuck Grassley; Kansas Jerry Moran; Kentucky Rand Paul; Louisiana John Kennedy; Missouri Eric Schmitt; North Carolina Ted Budd; North Dakota John Hoeven; Ohio Jon Husted; Oklahoma James Lankford; South Carolina Tim Scott; South Dakota John Thune; Utah Mike Lee; Wisconsin Ron Johnson. Thune should be driven out of Washington D.C. along with every weak ass Republican like him.
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In the private sector, Thune’s worthless ass would’ve been fired a long time ago. But in Washington, failure gets you reelected by your own colleagues. Only in Congress.
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We no longer have a representative government. These votes should never be held in secret. Ever. We have lost our only Constitutional means of redressing grievances. The courts are corrupted. The Constitution allows us to evict tyranny when this occurs. Might be time soon.
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Sadly, @LeaderJohnThune doesn’t give a shit about Americans. He only cares for his power, you know, like Pelosi.
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@SenJohnKennedy has come out and posted that he did not vote for Thune.
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This Republican trifecta has been so absolutely soul crushingly terrible and ineffective that I almost welcome the fight for our lives that will be taking place over the next two years. The only positive here is that we know what a completely useless obstructionist he is.
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The @SenateGOP just proved they are cowards and not worthy of our trust. How do you re-elect the guy that single-handedly contributed to the America First agenda not being codified and the majorities in both chambers being handed to the Democrats?
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None of these votes should be secret. These pricks are there to represent us. I want to know the Rs that voted to keep his worthless ass.
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Eventually you recognize that the Republican party is no better than the Democrats. They are willing to eff the American people just like the Dems do. They think because they pretend to care that it will make the destruction of the nation easier to take. It doesn't. Eff them all.
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The GOP just literally turned their backs on their entire voter base. This is the most tone deaf move I have ever seen from the party. This should be the end of them entirely
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Every last one of the 53 I guess except for Judas Thune should had spoken out. Now all 53 of them must be defeated. They grifted by long enough pretending to care. They just don’t.
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@LeaderJohnThune is a traitor to America. We used to know what to do with traitors.
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Both parties want to end Trump/maga movement, and patriotism in general. Both parties also benefit from illegal immigration.
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Fuck John Thune and every single member of this 119th Congress. FAILURES. No incumbents should be reelected until they are all replaced.
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It’s all by design. They definitely don’t believe they work for the American people.
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@LeaderJohnThune is technically the Republican version of Kamala Harris, installed.
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Whatever. They had TWO FREAKING YEARS and did absolutely NOTHING. They aren't despised enough.
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I guess the Republicans want to just keep losing. There's no way they don't know the voters' opinion of this POS.
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There was not one single senator to stand their ground and fight for the country. Instead either Thune has a ton on each one or they are so weak they all play the game.
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He is almost universally despised by the voter base that I question who actually "chooses" the leadership.😏
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John Thune rams through the vote to ensure his leadership - how absolutely ironic.
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It has been quite a while since a senator has been expelled… #MakeExpulsionGreatAgain
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The only way to operate going forward is under the assumption that they all voted for Thune. It is the only way that we will cleanse the senate of this cancer that has been allowed to fester for far too long
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Well, no-one should have needed any time to campaign against him. Pretty cut and dry, we would have been happy with anyone other than Thune or Mitch McConnell. Those Senators that caved will be paying for it dearly at the ballot box, I can guarantee you that.
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