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"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"

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@jsolomonReports Hell to the yes

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@Shawn_Farash Step 4. Vote NO on judicial retention

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@LozzaFox He's not wrong.

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@Shawn_Farash @Angel_ishMarkus It's because red state dems masquerade as repubs and crash and manipulate their primaries. UT and AZ are the worst.

[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.

[Congressman Randy Fine @RepFine]

Looks like Leader John Thune is on his way out of town with his private escort, as the SAVE America Act gets left behind.

This is very disappointing.

I am willing to stay in Washington as long as it takes to get the job done.

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

The Senate left but it's not in recess. Thune is denying Trump the ability to make recess appointments via these tricky games. Trump isn't talking about this. Maybe he doens't understand? JD was in the Senate and could explain this. Why it's not a bigger deal is a mystery to me.

[C3 @C_3C_3]

This is how the GOP Senate blocks Trump from recess appointments.

2 minute pro forma sessions every few days during their vacation.

Only POTUS in history that has had recess appointments blocked by his own party.

Think about that.

Traitors.

Sickening.

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@SenateGOP Go to hell. You don't even try to hide your perfidy any more.

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@SenateGOP Traitors. We are done.

[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.

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@SenJohnCurtis You got yours, so now slam the door.

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@SenJohnCurtis "Bipartisan". You are so deluded.

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@SenJohnCurtis Hey Guy Smiley,

Pound Sand.

Utah voters who legally elected Trent Staggs, not you.

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@EricLDaugh Speaker Johnson will bluster and act shocked, but he won't do squat about it.

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Perfidy Perfidy Perfidy.

@SenJohnThune is a traitor and a scoundrel.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 House GOP leadership is pissed.

Speaker Johnson and Whip Tom Emmer are furious with the Senate for passing a DHS funding deal at 3 AM that completely cuts out ICE.

Back to the Senate soon..

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

This is the worst story I've ever heard. It's also perfectly emblematic of the decline of western civilization. Open the floodgates to the foreign hordes. Watch helplessly as they rape our wives and children. Then euthanize their victims so that they won't go around complaining about it.

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H1-B. Another scam to screw over native-born Americans.

[Chris Brunet @chrisbrunet]

Stanford University (@Stanford) just posted a notice of intent to hire an H-1B Database Administrator

Salary: $142,000

No software developer in the Bay area was qualified to administer this database.

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Thune is the Neville Chamberlain of our time

[James Woods @RealJamesWoods]

You had ONE job, you worthless hack.

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@JeremyTate41 Looks like a great candidate for a prison or ICE detention center