ExNavyInSTL

Veteran and Patriot.

[ExNavyInSTL @ExNavyInSTL]

@mchooyah @USNavy Plenty of cans of ID-10-T.

[Eagle Ed Martin @EagleEdMartin]

I’ll never forget when @SenThomTillis said that about Ashli Babbit.
Pure evil.

[ExNavyInSTL @ExNavyInSTL]

@EYakoby I always assumed it was a reference to Rod Stewart. 😎

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@CynicalPublius I'm 62, and I feel the same. I hope he is presented properly in the history books.

[ExNavyInSTL @ExNavyInSTL]

@nypost I would have understood if had been Canadian geese.

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@atensnut @data_republican We called them “KaNockers.”

[George Santos @Georgesantos]

If you have been a victim of improper sexual conduct by a member of Congress and forced to sign an NDA please message me. I will connect you with the DOJ and FBI and get accountability for you against your perpetrator.

Fight for victims of sexual assault!

[ExNavyInSTL @ExNavyInSTL]

@Emilyaustin Elon would never put up with this camera work. 😎

[ExNavyInSTL @ExNavyInSTL]

@catturd2 It also exposes the weak kneed on the right. These posts are very helpful for who needs to be muted.

[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.

[ExNavyInSTL @ExNavyInSTL]

@its_The_Dr @GinaSwoboda We recently saw him in St. Louis, and it was fantastic.

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@anjum_ai @hey_ankita All

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@JamesRosenTV @Bannons_WarRoom Just put it on pre-order. 😃

[ExNavyInSTL @ExNavyInSTL]

@Rainmaker1973 Combat Parking 😎

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@FBIDDBongino Thanks @FBIDDBongino . I can’t speak for everyone, but I hope you’re getting family time with all this hard work

[ExNavyInSTL @ExNavyInSTL]

@CollinRugg Ha! That reporter got a little too close to the bone. 😁

[ExNavyInSTL @ExNavyInSTL]

@DonaldJTrumpJr You should convince @EricTrump to go on The View for his new book. They would get so mad their makeup would melt. 😎

[Russ Vought @russvought]

The RIFs have begun.

[ExNavyInSTL @ExNavyInSTL]

@imelizabethlane We’ll see

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@JackPosobiec My boy!