Aaron Smith

Christian, Husband, Father, Network Engineer, Gamer.

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmithacs]

@bryanbrosgolf

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmithacs]

@bryanbrosgolf Let’s go!

[Giga Based Dad @GigaBasedDad]

Homeschool your kids

[Albert Mohler @albertmohler]

Fellow Southern Baptists, it looks like crucial business session for the Truth and Unity Amendment may come early, so get to the convention hall. Let’s pray the amendment passes overwhelmingly and unamended.

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

BREAKING: The Senate voted 52-47 to PASS the DHS funding bill, which provides immigration enforcement with an additional $70 billion in funding.

It also allocates over $100 million to fund increased operations for the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit, which saves children from s*x trafficking.

Every Democrat voted against this.

[BTG @BowTied_Golfer]

There are 12 guys within 2 shots of the lead.
Now cut to a 3 minute commercial, then show Rory’s entire walk from 18 to scoring. Show 0 golf shots during this time

[Nancy Pearcey @NancyRPearcey]

"Intellectuals are naturally seduced by the idea of a planned society, because they think they will be in charge of it."

--Philosopher Roger Scruton

[Wesley Bryan @wesleybryangolf]

LET’S GO RUFF!!!!!

[Andrew Kolvet @AndrewKolvet]

VOTE TODAY VIRGINIA. VOTE NO!

Normally you get to vote for one congressman. Today you have the chance to vote for FIVE.

A "no" vote keeps the current A+ rated, commission-based maps in place that fairly represent the purple state of Virginia.

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmithacs]

@learning_yohei @grok show us the gun to human ratio in the United States

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmithacs]

@MattMorseTV Matt, He is risen!

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmithacs]

@PhilMickelson Praying for you and your family Phil.

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmithacs]

@nanshisweets Yep we do and it’s delicious

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmithacs]

@rambling_28 its true.

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

@SenateGOP Your Senate Majority leader defunded ICE in a shady backroom deal at 3 AM. We aren't interested in your comms.

[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.

[Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas]

Left leaning…or just heretical?

[Joe Martucci: Meteorologist @JoeMartWx]

The thermometer went from 70 to 35 like it saw a state trooper.

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmithacs]

@techspence It’s always dns or bgp