“I’m proud of what this Republican team has accomplished together”
John Thune
Republican team accomplishments:
1.) Blocked Trump’s recess appointments.
2.) Blocked Trump’s US Attorney appointments.
3.) Blocked Trump’s Judicial nominations.
4.) Blocked passage of the SAVE America Act.
5.) Blocked codifying Trump’s EOs and DOGE cuts.
6.) Brought about the worst midterm loss in Republican history.
@johnrich@RealHickory I will leave the GOP after 42 consistent years if Thune stays as Senate Minority Leader. A young Reagan Republican who voted for every GOP candidate since RR in 1984 is ready to switch to Independent. Sorry, not sorry!
A lot of Republican Senators are saying, "we should have done away with the filibuster and passed legislation like the SAVE America Act!"
Well guess what, you still can.
You can nuke the filibuster on Monday and pass Trump's entire agenda! Democrats won't be able to undo it for two years as Trump would simply veto their attempt.
This can happen TODAY. There is no reason not to.
🚨 THE ECONOMIC BOOM THEY REFUSED TO TELL YOU ABOUT JUST EXPLODED INTO VIEW 🚨
While the entire country was screaming about races, polls, and midterm chaos… an absolute economic rocket was launching right under our noses. And almost NO ONE noticed.
Victor Davis Hanson just laid out the numbers that should have every American furious about the messaging failure:
🔥 165,000 NEW JOBS just dropped — they were projecting a pathetic 45,000 a month ago
🔥 Poverty rate crashed to an ALL-TIME LOW of 10.5%
🔥 Per capita family income hit a brand new RECORD of $87,000
🔥 GDP just revised UP to 3.4%… Atlanta Fed now says it could hit 5% by year-end
We are in the middle of a BOOM. And the only thing louder than the economy is the political fighting drowning it out.
Now compare that to 2022 when the red wave vanished:
📈 Stock market is a staggering 20,000 points HIGHER than when Biden “stopped the red wave”
📈 Family income is $14,000 higher than just four years ago
📉 Inflation was a brutal 9.1% record high in 2022… now nowhere near that
⛽ Gas on Election Day 2022 was $3.95–$4.05… today it’s $4.06 — basically identical
In 2022 the economy was a wreck, inflation was three times worse, GDP was weaker, people were furious… yet the political outcome was completely different.
So what changed?
The numbers got better. The messaging got worse. And the country was too busy fighting to notice the boom happening right in front of them.
This is the biggest missed opportunity heading into the midterms. The data was there the entire time.
Who was paying attention? 👀
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President Trump is the most transformative political leader in American History — and he has single-handedly saved America from those who would destroy it.
It has been the privilege of my lifetime to have served on his team from Day One, and I am honored beyond words to serve as his White House Chief of Staff.
I want to thank the incomparable Susie Wiles for her years of devoted service to the President and the Country, and for her friendship.
The mission now is more clear than ever: Fight with all of our soul to support our President and defend this magnificent Republic.
@ScottforFlorida no, not love just get to work. Make an all out effort to try to save the country. Pass the SAVE act and nominations. Did you ask yourself where the Democrats found the extra 19 MILLION plus votes for a total over 70 MILLION Democrat votes this election? Maybe some non citizens?
Unfortunately I don't think the Senate Republicans got the election message and Thune sure didn't get it. He has already announced he's running, currently unopposed, for minority leader in the next Congress.
The second problem is Republicans may not get another chance regardless who they do now. The Democrats had almost 20 MILLION more voters than they had in the 2022 election, a total of over 70 MILLION votes for 2024. The Republicans in 2022 and 2024 had a maximum of 55 MILLION votes in each election.
How are the Republicans going to find or move 20 MILLION voters?
And finally, the Democrats are going to do everything, legal and otherwise, to make it impossible, or almost impossible, to receive enough Electoral College votes to win the Presidency in 2026. Texas just changed to complete Democrat in all the statewide elected offices. And they control the Texas House. They will open the borders if they can, they will illegally allow anyone to vote (Texas requires voter ID, but there isn’t any verification of citizenship). Between 2022 and 2024, Texas registered 2.9 MILLION new registered voters. All 254 Texas counties moved Democratic.
Let’s hope the Republican Senate passes the SAFE act and other urgent bills. But, don’t bet on it.
In the two years since Donald Trump was reelected, not one single Republican senator had the courage to publicly demand that John Thune step down as Senate Republican leader.
Not one.
The SAVE Act never passed, Trump was denied his recess appointments, and every single Republican senator remained silent as it happened.
Any Republican senator who now fails to publicly call for new Senate leadership before the upcoming leadership election should be primaried out of office right alongside John Thune.
There is no universe in which that loser should remain Senate Republican leader.
No more secret ballots. No more hiding behind closed doors.
Every senator should be required to publicly declare where they stand, and every leadership vote should be on the record.
I don't give a shit about Senate traditions.
Nobody gets a pass. And if they don't, primary them all.