Creating robotic automotons is only useful where the strategy is mass casualties and overwhelming the enemy with numbers. Dynamic moderns battlefields drones and long range munitions require different strategies and training. Authoritarian systems like these types of performances to show their absolute control over their people.
@GunloverClub1 The guns are most likely fake and just props. No way they would put their hand over the muzzle, with their fingers at the trigger, with a real, loaded gun.
I was kicked out of a dinner in South Dakota because I’ve consistently pushed the SAVE America Act.
Instead of listening to the grassroots, our Republican Senate defied us for 2 years
& delivered losses in Alaska, Kansas, & Mississippi.
Our new Republican Senate minority just voted to re-elect Senator Thune.
Why do South Dakota Republicans continue to vote for him in the primary?
“I’m the assh@le saying you can’t come in.”
At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the guns fell silent. Every freedom we argued about last week was paid for by someone who served. Thank you, veterans!
John Thune seems confused about why he isn't liked in "online world."
He says being hated is a "daily experience" for him.
He said, "I don't know that they necessarily told me anything I got wrong."
Ok, I'll start.....
1) Oct. 8, 2016: he said Trump "should withdraw and Mike Pence should be our nominee effective immediately."
2) Dec. 2020: he said a challenge to the Electoral College would "go down like a shot dog."
3) 2022: he said he hoped Republicans would have "other options" besides Trump.
4) 2023: he endorsed Tim Scott, and didn't back Trump until Feb. 2024.
5) He voted for the $95 billion Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan aid package.
6) He requested $116 million in earmarks while voting to strip earmarks.
7) He used pro forma sessions to block recess appointments.
8) He refused Trump's call to end blue slips.
9) The House passed the SAVE Act. It died in the Senate 48-50, and a narrower voter ID bill died too.
10) He refused to nuke the filibuster or force a talking filibuster.
11) He waved off the SAVE Act pressure as a "paid influencer ecosystem."
12) When McConnell vanished for 3 months, Thune said it was "between Sen. McConnell and the people of Kentucky."
13) About 161 Trump nominations are still waiting, including 25 judges, and Democrats take over in January.
14) And he still feels no sense of urgency, and no realization of his own failures.
What did I leave off the list?
Senator Rick Scott sent a letter to his colleagues laying out what he believes the Senate’s agenda should be for the remainder of the 119th Congress:
▪️Confirm every President Trump nominee
▪️Fund gov’t w/o massive omnibus bill
▪️Ban stock trading for Members of Congress
▪️Pass the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act
▪️Pass the NDAA
▪️Balance the budget
▪️Pass the SAVE America Act
“We ought to stay in session every day, 24 hours per day with a relentless focus on creating jobs, lowering prices, attacking government corruption, and holding Washington accountable until we achieve our goals.”
@SenRickScott
🔥🚨 HOLY CRAP! — Speaker Mike Johnson reveals there are OVER 700+ pieces of legislation waiting for the SENATE TO VOTE ON THEM.
SEN. JOHN THUNE IS A FAILURE!
"In the 119th Congress, the House Republicans led in the majority. We have passed 1,000 measures out of the House."
"Almost 700 of them are STACKED UP in the hopper in the Senate right now. WHY?"
"The House has been one of the most productive chambers and most productive houses in the history of the institution, certainly in the modern era, but the Senate BLOCKED it all."
Senate Republicans lost seven seats; will they re-elect the same leadership? @SenKatieBritt, before you vote, ask one question: what changes? Same plan, same result. No more Thune!
Republicans still hold 53 Senate seats for 55 more days. Voters already handed down the penalty; there's nothing left to protect. Use the majority! PASS THE SAVE ACT!! No more wasted days! @SenateGOP@LeaderJohnThune