Tom Merkle

Child of God. Love my family, my country and baseball. #REDS #Caps #skobuffs #COSProject #MAGA

[Tom Merkle @Redbuffs]

@Johnny__MSD7 Xxx

[Brandon Gill @realBrandonGill]

If you think the guy on the left should have gone to jail and that the guy on the right should be walking free, you either have no regard for the facts or just have a deep-seeded hatred of white people.

[Tom Merkle @Redbuffs]

@LoneStarLegendX @DrGregBonnen needs to go!

[Tom Merkle @Redbuffs]

@BasedMikeLee Nope

[Tom Merkle @Redbuffs]

@JackPosobiec New

[Catturd ™ @catturd2]

There were signs.

[Tom Merkle @Redbuffs]

@SamaHoole @grok can you please adjust this math to reflect a young Earth timeline and no evolution? I am guessing it will still be profound.

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

We were there front and center.

That venue wasn’t built to accommodate an event with the line of succession for the U.S. government.

After witnessing last night, drop the TDS and build the White House ballroom for events exactly like these.

[Tom Merkle @Redbuffs]

@kevincorke What about @BasedMikeLee ??

[Cleta Mitchell @CletaMitchell]

To those Senators clinging to the Senate rules and clutching their pearls at the very idea that the Byrd “rule” should never be examined, or the “interpretation” of the filibuster rules by some long since departed parliamentarian, I refer them to the wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1841: “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.”
@BasedMikeLee @SenEricSchmitt @SenRonJohnson @SenTedBuddNC @EIwatchdogs

[James Woods @RealJamesWoods]

Retweet this post below. Schiff is tagged, so he’ll see every one of you who detests his lying, filthy existence.

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

Hello Senator Thune,

At 3 AM on Friday, March 27th, in a near-empty chamber, you passed a bill by voice vote that excludes all funding for ICE and CBP.

Let me repeat that: voice vote. No roll call. No record of who was there. No accountability. Just you, Barrasso, and a handful of senators shuffling paper in the dead of night while America slept.

You could have demanded a recorded vote. You chose not to.

You could have held the line for five more days until the House returned. You chose not to.

You could have used the same procedural tools Democrats have used against you for 40 days. You chose not to.

Instead, you gave Chuck Schumer exactly what he asked for, DHS funding minus immigration enforcement, and called it a win. Then you walked to the cameras and blamed the Democrats.

Let's be precise about what you did:

1. You caved to a demand Democrats made on Day 1 of this shutdown. Forty-one days of supposed hardball negotiation, and you settled for their opening offer.
2. You handed them a template. The next time Democrats want to defund any agency — ICE, CBP, or anything else — they now know: just shut down DHS and wait. John Thune will fold at 3 AM.
3. You punted to reconciliation. "Good possibility," you said. Not "we will." Not "guaranteed." Just maybe. Meanwhile, ICE operates on fumes from last year's bill with no certainty of future funding.

The precedent you set:

You have argued for months that the filibuster is sacrosanct. That the 60-vote threshold protects minority rights. That we cannot bend Senate rules for policy wins.

But at 3 AM on Friday, you bent every norm that actually mattered:

• Voice vote to avoid accountability
• Empty chamber to avoid debate
• Midnight deal to avoid scrutiny
• Immediate recess to avoid questions

You'll bend the rules to avoid a fight. You just won't bend them to win one.

What you've actually accomplished:

Democrats demanded ICE restrictions. They got ICE defunded.

Not reformed. Not restrained. Defunded.

And you're out here tweeting about how Democrats are the "Defund the Police" party while you just voted to defund border enforcement at 3 in the morning.
The question you should answer:

Why did this deal have to happen at 3 AM?

Why couldn't it happen at 3 PM, with cameras rolling and every senator on record?

You know why. Because you didn't want your voters to see what surrender looks like.

Here's my message: We saw it anyway.

Stop hiding behind "Democrat obstruction." You're the Majority Leader. You set the schedule. You control the floor. You chose this outcome.

Own it.

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

Hello Senator Thune,

Let's expose what you're really doing with "reconciliation."

You announced it yesterday, eleven months after the House passed the SAVE America Act. You're not trying to pass this bill. You're trying to kill it in a way you can blame on process.

Here's how we know:

Reconciliation requires the Senate parliamentarian to rule that provisions are "budgetary." Citizenship verification is not budgetary. Photo ID mandates are not budgetary. The parliamentarian will gut the bill. Then you'll shrug and say "we tried." We see through you.

Meanwhile, you WON'T use the tools that actually work:

Rule XIX limits each senator to two speeches per legislative day. Keep the Senate in continuous session, file cloture daily, and the filibuster exhausts in ~12-20 days. You dismissed it as "complicated." Because if you tried and succeeded, you'd have to actually pass the bill.

Harry Reid nuked the filibuster in 2013 when he wanted results.

Mitch McConnell changed Senate rules THREE times and canceled the August recess.

Chuck Schumer used reconciliation within months on a 50-50 Senate.

You have 53 seats. You've changed nothing, canceled nothing, and waited eleven months.

Now let's talk donors:

• Goldman Sachs: $150K to you - top H-1B user
• Google: $75K - lobbies against E-Verify
• Meta: $72.5K - Zuckerberg's FWD[.]us pushes mass immigration
• Wells Fargo: $90K - banks undocumented immigrants

Same corporations sponsor Punchbowl News, where you sit for "Fly Out Days" which nobody watches except Congress staffers and K Street lobbyists who pays premium bucks for legislative intelligence. Their reporter then telegraphs to the audience the SAVE Act "will ultimately fail."

Corporate money flows to you AND to the outlet that frames your inaction as inevitable.

We see the loop.

You called grassroots anger a "paid influencer ecosystem." YOU are the paid influencer. You take the wrong side of a 80% issue because you are indistinguishable from a K Street mouthpiece, and an ineffective one to boot who won't bend the rules to get anything passed.

What we want:

1. Force a real talking filibuster.
2. Stop hiding behind process.
3. Pass the SAVE America Act.

YOU will become the reason that we will have our butts kicked in midterms. Not Candace Owens, not Nick Fuentes, not anyone else. You and you alone, and all because you want to make the 200 or so viewers of Punchbowl Fly Out Days happy. You're living in a K Street information bubble, addicted to the comforts and praises of lobbyists masquerading as journalists. You mistake the steak and martini dinners you get invited to as your own constituents.

You are not "moderate." The SAVE America Act has 98% support among Republicans. Name one other thing that has 98% support. You are an extreme minority who prides himself on being a calm leader, when in reality you are well in the running for the most ineffective Majority leader of all time.

Prove me wrong. Do the bare modicum of effort. Not symbolic. Actual effort. Cancel the recess. Get SAVE America Act passed.

[Don Bentley @bentleydonb]

Apache pilot here. Can confirm!

[Mark Davis @MarkDavis]

Ken: Stay in.

Mr. President: Stay out. Let Texans decide.

Senate GOP: Pass the damn SAVE Act without subjecting us to these infuriating games.

[Congressman Troy E. Nehls @RepTroyNehls]

Mr. President, it’s clear @KenPaxtonTX is loyal to you and to saving America.

John Cornyn has REFUSED to do what’s necessary to pass the SAVE America Act. He’s beholden to the “traditions” of the DC Swamp.

Ken Paxton won’t back down from doing what it takes to ensure the future of our country.

[Matt Rinaldi @MattRinaldiTX]

I’m not taking advice on my vote for Texas Senator from somebody who supported Mitt Romney, Lindsey Graham, and Mitch McConnell, no matter how much I admire their other body of work.

[𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐗 @DBCooperTX]

I sure hope someone in Trump world was listening to Lawrence Jones just now on Fox & Friends. To summarize, do not try to put your hand on the scale in Texas. Texans do not like being told what to do.

[John Basham @JohnBasham]

ATTENTION @POTUS TRUMP:
I Can Confirm What @SaraGonzalesTX Expresses...
IF YOU ENDORSE RINO @JohnCornyn OVER AMERICA FIRST PATRIOT @KenPaxtonTX You Will Forever Disenfranchise Your Greatest Supporters Here In Texas!
We Have Busted Our Asses To Unseat Cornyn.
ENDORSE PAXTON!

[Sara Gonzales @SaraGonzalesTX]

TEXANS DO NOT WANT RINO CORNYN, @realDonaldTrump! Do not tarnish your legacy!