Bruce Smith

Husband, Father, Grandfather

[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.

[One Bad Dude @OneBadDude_]

I’m voting in the midterms not because I support the rinos and the do nothing republicans.

I’m voting in the midterms not hoping for more of the same.

I’m sure as hell not voting for democrats in the midterms.

I’m voting in the midterms to show my support for President Trump and give him every opportunity possible to succeed for us in the last couple years.

I’m voting in the midterms because if the left wins it will be 2 years of witch hunts and Americas agenda being blocked.

I’m voting in the midterms because I love my country and this may be the last chance we have to save it.

And President Trump is our best hope.

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@AdamKinzinger They’re lying to you

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@RonFilipkowski You can stop posting your ignorance, that might help.

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@WalshFreedom Dude you must be smoking crack

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

🚨 Senator Mike Lee just drew a line in the sand.

Impeach Judge Indira Talwani. Now.

She blocked President Trump’s USPS mail-in ballot executive order multiple times, forcing several trips to the Supreme Court.

Lee’s words: “Impeach Judge Talwan, now!”

Enough rogue judges!

She overstepped her authority and turned the bench into a weapon against America and secure elections.

Congress: do your job. 💯

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@tedlieu Back to filthy?

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@maddenifico Delusion

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@ewarren What will make you happy? You are so negative all the time.

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@RpsAgainstTrump Oh, and I just ran a sub 8 second 100 meter. See how easy it is to make up lies?

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@MarkMadDogDavis You must have had a keyboard malfunction, are you typing upside down?

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@donwinslow I don’t trust your fact without receipts. How about the cost of illegal immigrant welfare, healthcare, and fraud?

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@AdamKinzinger You don’t know jack Sh!t

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@rob0349 These two losses of American lives are not at all comparable. You are desperate for attention, shameful of you to make a comparison only because you are a hater.

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@BillKristol Ridiculous point

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@mmpadellan Lies for clicks, hard up for attention

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@esjesjesj I’m not sure you have functioning brain cells, just another hater.

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@NotAvgLiberal So bitter

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@TexasAntifa25 Fantasy and runaway imagination

[Bruce Smith @BruceSmithPE]

@covie_93 Another pitiful liar you are