Best of all he loved the fall …the fall with the tawny and grey…leaves floating on the trout streams…above the hills the high blue windless skies. FA45FO47
While we had a robust conversation about what Republicans can do to block the Democrats’ socialist agenda, the Senate Republican Conference decided to proceed with the leadership elections today. There was no recorded vote for leadership so nobody was given the opportunity to support or oppose the candidates.
During our conference meeting, I made a motion for the conference to agree to stay in Washington to get things done. The conference unanimously agreed to my motion and committed to maximize our time in Washington to get our agenda done and my expectation is that we work every single day for the American people.
Republicans need to wake up and listen to our constituents. We need to have a plan to get things done for the American people before we lose the majority. I am going to fight to keep the Senate in session, working every single day until we confirm every nominee, every judge, and pass critical Republican bills to support jobs, lower prices, secure our elections, and hold Washington accountable.
BREAKING: TEXAS ELECTION BOMBSHELL! 97 COUNTIES HAVE MORE VOTERS THAN ACTUAL ADULT CITIZENS—TOTAL CHAOS!
Montgomery County is at a STAGGERING 107.6%—34 THOUSAND OVER! Collin at 104% with 30K EXTRA! Fort Bend 104.1%—23 THOUSAND OVER! Williamson 103%—nearly 14K! Denton 102%—13K MORE! And those numbers INCLUDE 1.76 MILLION SUSPENSE VOTERS! You won’t BELIEVE the official data!
🔥 BOOM! Sen. Ashley Moody just went OFF on the Senate floor.
She demanded John Thune keep the Senate working 24/7 to push Trump’s nominees through before Dems take over: "WE'RE IN THE MAJORITY!"
No vacations. No excuses. Work through the clock and GET IT DONE! 👏🇺🇸
Earlier today, during our leadership meeting and on the Senate floor, I encouraged leadership and my Senate colleagues to stay in town through Veterans Day and extend session.
We must get our core priorities across the finish line. The American people demand it, and we should be listening.
Thank you to my fellow Florida Senator @SenRickScott for moving a resolution and to others for joining me in getting our conference to agree to stay.
Let’s get it done!
🚨 JUST IN: Sens. Rick Scott and Mike Lee tell Senate GOP leadership it is time to RECONVENE and pass the SAVE America Act + common sense policies with a talking filibuster while we STILL HAVE TIME LEFT
Less than 60 DAYS ‼️
SCOTT: "We have two months to get it done. Every candidate for a leadership job must commit to passing it. Failure is not an option."
LEE: "Require filibustering senators to speak, calling the vote at a simple-majority threshold when they stop speaking. Announce that debate will continue until it passes."
No more freaking excuses.
Lead us into January 2027 on a HIGH NOTE, pass bills and send them to President Trump, and put us on the road to victory in 2028!
🚨Look at the numbers from this midterm and tell me how this makes any sense.
🔴Republicans: Went from 54.2 million in 2022 to 55.6 million in 2026—a modest net increase of 1.4 million votes.
🔵Democrats: Jumped from 51.3 million in 2022 to roughly 70 million in 2026—an astronomical net increase of 19 million votes in a midterm election.
When 19 million more Democrats suddenly show up out of nowhere while Republican turnout remains steady, it defies reality.
When can we stop calling this a "blue tsunami" and start calling it fraud?
🚨 BREAKING: Speaker Johnson and Leader Thune were just sent a JAM-PACKED America First lame duck agenda, and now face mass demands to get ALL of it done before Dems assume power in 60 days
This would throw MAJOR cold water on their new majorities! 🔥
- Require voter ID in federal elections
- Codify Trump's border security policies and BAN sanctuary cities
- Ban stock trading for Congress and the Executive and Judicial branches
- Confirm as many of Trump's nominees as possible
- Pass term limits
- Hold spending at current levels for a 3rd straight year, and oppose "a year-end omnibus filled with poison pills"
- A robust permitting bill for American energy dominance
- A reconciliation package to fund defense modernization (missiles, boats, drones, space), expand HSAs, and make "at least $1 trillion in spending reductions"
And the House Freedom Caucus is telling leadership NOT to leave town until it's done! 🔥
"Every one of us – including those leaving Congress on January 3rd – should be committed to finishing the job."
"In the two months remaining in the 119th Congress, we have an enormous amount of unfinished business to preserve and protect the Republic from an incoming majority party hell-bent on radically changing it. We must deny them every legislative leverage point possible."
"Let's hold the line and finish the work."
Two months. Use every single day!
While Republicans are prepared to work in a bipartisan way, we will also emphatically oppose Democrats when required to protect hardworking Americans and our system of government. The election wasn’t a mandate for radical policy and socialist fantasies, and I hope Democrats realize this.
It’s going to be a wild week in the US Senate. Buckle up.
I have been calling around to various Republican Senators this weekend.
A few takeaways…
1. Conference is just furious — pissed is an understatement.
2. They see their own inaction on critical issues like the SAVE Act and insider trading bills as a major de-motivator for the midterms. They blame Thune and leadership for playing safe.
3. The rushed Leadership vote Tuesday is seen as a blatant insult. Senators want to know how their Leaders will respond to lame duck session and being in a steep minority.
4. Over a dozen Senators are demanding round the clock work on Trump nominations and judicial appointments. Some believe parts of the SAVE Act can still be passed through reconciliation.
5. Recess appointments are also being demanded. Thune is holding them up.
6. Senators are openly questioning their adherence to “tradition” — blue slip, filibuster etc. — as a new crop of Democrats couldn’t care less and will destroy tradition for power in a heartbeat.
7. There’s a sense that something big is going to happen. A real shakeup. Stay tuned…
One Senator tells me: “The guys blocking an America First conference are all gone now. It’s never going back to the old ways. Time to try new things…”
Buckle up.