Scott McCray

Homesteading in the DC shadow. Yes, I voted for the current administration. Not part of my circle? You know if you are. If not, NO DMs! Μολὼν λαβέ - ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

[Scott McCray @macbournes]

What America needs:

1) Term limits for *all* public offices.
2) Single subject bills.
3) Make lobbying illegal.
4) Spending caps on campaign funds.
5) Make bioengineered food illegal. In the interim, make "Contains Bioengineered Ingredients" as prominent on the packaging as the product's logo.

Thoughts?

[Scott McCray @macbournes]

Mote pillo, queso fresco, country ham, and buttered toast with orange marmalade...'twas tasty...

[Scott McCray @macbournes]

@GaltsGirl So grilled eggplant, tomato, feta, spinach(?), vinaigrette (balsamic?) - does this dish have a name, or does it just simply exist by being awesome? Looks yummy!

[Zeek Arkham 🇺🇸 @ZeekArkham]

The fact that the Republican Party is actively fighting against a man like Scott Presler , instead of recruiting him and following his lead, tells us all that the swamp runs deeper than we all think.

Where are prominent Republicans backing him up? Why aren’t they giving him some sort of official rank within their organization to make sure he recruits more voters? Why is some random “sergeant-at-arms” so comfortable in being hostile towards one of the most genuinely nicest dudes out there?

To @ScottPresler, you’re supported more than you know. Please keep doing what you’re doing.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

Blue bags up.

Japan 2, Netherlands 2 — an absolute thriller in Arlington. And then the real show started.

The Japanese end pulls out thousands of bright blue bags. First they wave them like flags, bouncing and chanting until the whole section is one giant wall of blue. Then — same bags, new mission. They fan out across the stands and scoop up every bottle, wrapper and cup till the seats look brand new.

And who's right in the middle of it, grinning with a bag in his hand? Jameis Winston. Giants QB. Heisman winner. Out there cleaning up with the Samurai Blue like it's the best gig of his summer.

No chore. No lecture. Just a party that cleans up after itself.

Best fans on the planet. 🇯🇵💙

[Scott McCray @macbournes]

All of this...

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

Dear GOP,

I know I'm new to this movement.

I'm not anyone important, I'm just a regular voter who started paying attention.

...and I'm trying to figure out WHAT IN THE HELL is going on with you

Because honestly... I'm really confused.

From where I am, it looks like you're sitting on the EASIEST WINS IN MODERN POLITICAL HISTORY and for some reason... you just won't take them.

Why aren't you forcing daily votes on clean, single-issue bills that everyone already agrees on?

Mandatory voter ID.
Defunding fraud.
Defunding the Taliban.

Stuff that polls through the roof and the stuff normal people agree on.

Why aren't you at LEAST trying to win?

I don't understand.

Why are you betraying the same people who gave you a mandate... a few months ago???

Why are you still funding fraud?!
Why are you still funding NGOs that HATE conservatives?!
Why are some of you trying to push MASS AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS?!

I keep trying to assume there's some smart reason I just can't think of... some masterful long game

...but it doesn't look like a long game to me

It looks A HELL OF A LOT like corruption.

It looks like you'd rather lose comfortably than win for the America people, uncomfortably.

It looks like you're more scared of making Democrats a little sad, than you are of disappointing the people who put you in power.

I cannot for the life of me figure out how that math works in your favor... unless there's corruption at play.

You tell people like me to show up.

You have said things like...

Speak up!
Vote!
Donate!
Volunteer!
Bring our friends along!

AND WE HAVE!!!

BUT WE NEED YOU TO DO SOMETHING, ANYTHING AT ALL, FOR US.

Use the power that was JUST given to you and FORCE THE VOTES.

Make the other side go on the record OVER AND OVER.

Enforce the talking filibuster.
PASS THE SAVE ACT!!!
DEFUND THE TALIBAN.
STOP PUSHING MASS AMNESTY FOR ILLEGALS.

You won... would you PLEASE start acting like it?!

Because if you're not even going to try, I genuinely don't know what we're doing here.

Sincerely,

A brand new conservative who isn't going anywhere, but really, REALLY needs you to start fighting.

[Scott McCray @macbournes]

@LangmanVince Looks like what happens when you let your politics become your entire identity...

[Bo Loudon @BoLoudon]

🚨BREAKING: A giant middle finger statue has been placed in front of Zohran Mamdani's NYC City Hall by legendary artist @ScottLoBaido.

Mamdani definitely deserves this!

Follow: @BoLoudon

[Scott McCray @macbournes]

@GaltsGirl That looks tasty! Balsamic vinaigrette on the salad?

[Scott McCray @macbournes]

@Sassafrass_84

[Scott McCray @macbournes]

This.

[Glenn Youngkin @GlennYoungkin]

Here’s the deal: Abigail Spanberger, Don Scott, Louise Lucas and all their friends knowingly violated the Virginia Constitution.

They purposefully violated clear constitutional procedures to deceive voters, capping off their master deception with ballot language meant to confuse everyone.

They strongly argued for the VA Supreme Court to “wait” until after the referendum so their flood of money from national democrats could fund their brazen dishonesty and trick voters to “restore fairness”, and then claim “the will of the people” when the VA Supreme Court would undoubtedly strike down their unconstitutional attempt to disenfranchise millions of Virginians.

It’s a disgusting disregard for Virginians, the Constitution and a flagrant violation of their oath of office.

[Scott McCray @macbournes]

Louder for the willfully ignorant...

[Phantom II @Phantom2Phlyer]

OK, here's why the Democrats got kicked in the groin by the Virginia Supreme Court.

The people of Virginia, in trying to protect against momentary democratic (small 'd') emotions of the day, put into their Constitution that, in order to amend it, there had to be two things happen.

First, any proposal to amend their Constitution required that two legislatures, separated by an election (and there's the big part), vote to put the amendment before the people.

The Virginia Democrats didn't do that. They stuck the first reading into a special budgetary session, and the next reading into a general session.

While the resolution passed both times, there wasn't an election in between the two votes. So there was no election that separated the legislature who voted in a special session, and the legislature that voted for the amendment in the general session.

Moreover, the Virginia Constitution required that the votes be taken in two general legislature sessions. The special session that was called was not a general session.

So this action violated the Virginia Constitution in two separate ways. Which is why the Virginia Supreme Court shot it down.

So when you see the Democrats whining because 'democracy was overturned,' they're right. Because we're not a democracy, and neither is Virginia. We're a republic, and so is Virginia. We're ruled by the Constitution and the rule of law, not by mob rule, which the Democrats prefer.

[Tim Anderson @AssocAnderson]

Many of you on the left are commenting that the decision was 4-3, as if the math somehow changes what actually happened. Four Justices on the Virginia Supreme Court canceled the votes of every person who voted “yes.” All the money. All the effort. Cancelled.

I know it is easy to blame the Court for what happened today. But here is the absolute truth:

The Virginia Democrats broke the law. They did it openly, blatantly, and with complete disregard for the consequences. They believed they were untouchable because they controlled the executive branch and the legislative branch. The acted like mob bosses with no accountability. But in a government with checks and balances - the Courts always have the final say.

Your vote was not canceled because four justices woke up and decided to invalidate an election. Your vote was canceled because Virginia Democrats put the Court in a position where the law required intervention.

You should absolutely be angry that your vote was taken away. But be angry at the people who ignored the law and caused this mess in the first place. If Democrats had simply followed the Constitution and done it correctly, none of this would have happened.

[Scott McCray @macbournes]

https://t.co/RTdqBVHlgd

@GaltsGirl

[Scott McCray @macbournes]

@GaltsGirl Man, he did one helluva job on that...

[Scott McCray @macbournes]

.@GaltsGirl

https://t.co/cb85ekkrPC

[The🐰FOO @PolitiBunny]

One of the things our pals on the Left have going for them is that sane people NEVER believe they are doing what they're actually trying to do.

Because their actions are INSANE.

Seriously.

For example, our landscaper was here this weekend, and he stopped me on my way to grab our mail. He wanted me to look at some dead grass (yay), and while he's not 100% sure about what I do for a living, he has some idea.

And that's why he asked me about the redistricting here in Virginia ...

LC: You cover this stuff, right?
Me: Yeah, sorta.
LC: Can you tell me what Spanberger is doing with our districts?
Me: You mean the redistricting?
LC: Yes.
Me: Basically, Democrats want to take our state, which is currently represented by 6 Democrats and 5 Republicans, and make it 10 Democrats and 1 Republican.

He looked at me as if I were lying. He even did the 'pfft' thing.

I just smiled.

LC: Why would they do that? I don't believe you.
Me: Because they want more control in DC.

He stopped again.
He shifted from foot to foot, took his sunglasses off, and looked me in the eye.

LC: Seriously.
Me: Yes, seriously.
LC: But that doesn't make any sense.
Me: No shit.

He laughed.
I did not.

I shrugged.

He stood there a moment longer and then put on his sunglasses and walked away.

As he left, I said, 'You should vote no, whether you believe me or not. I have nothing to gain by telling you the truth here. Do your research... the vote is April 21.

I don't know if I actually convinced him, but the fact that he asked me... Virginians aren't as dumb as Democrats hoped they would be.

VOTE NO, VIRGINIA.

[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.

[Scott McCray @macbournes]

All of THIS:

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

Hello Senator Thune,

Let's expose what you're really doing with "reconciliation."

You announced it yesterday, eleven months after the House passed the SAVE America Act. You're not trying to pass this bill. You're trying to kill it in a way you can blame on process.

Here's how we know:

Reconciliation requires the Senate parliamentarian to rule that provisions are "budgetary." Citizenship verification is not budgetary. Photo ID mandates are not budgetary. The parliamentarian will gut the bill. Then you'll shrug and say "we tried." We see through you.

Meanwhile, you WON'T use the tools that actually work:

Rule XIX limits each senator to two speeches per legislative day. Keep the Senate in continuous session, file cloture daily, and the filibuster exhausts in ~12-20 days. You dismissed it as "complicated." Because if you tried and succeeded, you'd have to actually pass the bill.

Harry Reid nuked the filibuster in 2013 when he wanted results.

Mitch McConnell changed Senate rules THREE times and canceled the August recess.

Chuck Schumer used reconciliation within months on a 50-50 Senate.

You have 53 seats. You've changed nothing, canceled nothing, and waited eleven months.

Now let's talk donors:

• Goldman Sachs: $150K to you - top H-1B user
• Google: $75K - lobbies against E-Verify
• Meta: $72.5K - Zuckerberg's FWD[.]us pushes mass immigration
• Wells Fargo: $90K - banks undocumented immigrants

Same corporations sponsor Punchbowl News, where you sit for "Fly Out Days" which nobody watches except Congress staffers and K Street lobbyists who pays premium bucks for legislative intelligence. Their reporter then telegraphs to the audience the SAVE Act "will ultimately fail."

Corporate money flows to you AND to the outlet that frames your inaction as inevitable.

We see the loop.

You called grassroots anger a "paid influencer ecosystem." YOU are the paid influencer. You take the wrong side of a 80% issue because you are indistinguishable from a K Street mouthpiece, and an ineffective one to boot who won't bend the rules to get anything passed.

What we want:

1. Force a real talking filibuster.
2. Stop hiding behind process.
3. Pass the SAVE America Act.

YOU will become the reason that we will have our butts kicked in midterms. Not Candace Owens, not Nick Fuentes, not anyone else. You and you alone, and all because you want to make the 200 or so viewers of Punchbowl Fly Out Days happy. You're living in a K Street information bubble, addicted to the comforts and praises of lobbyists masquerading as journalists. You mistake the steak and martini dinners you get invited to as your own constituents.

You are not "moderate." The SAVE America Act has 98% support among Republicans. Name one other thing that has 98% support. You are an extreme minority who prides himself on being a calm leader, when in reality you are well in the running for the most ineffective Majority leader of all time.

Prove me wrong. Do the bare modicum of effort. Not symbolic. Actual effort. Cancel the recess. Get SAVE America Act passed.

[Scott McCray @macbournes]

@ScottPresler Scott - thank you! We sure could have used you last fall - but so glad you are coming here now!

[Scott McCray @macbournes]

@StaffieMcMom @MahyarTousi But with your fibromyalgia, your schedule is so f*cked, you might as well!😉