Joe Hamilton

[Joe Hamilton @serkrider]

@Ghostpatroit_ Procedural games. As usual, Thune learned from Mitch how to stall our president. We need term limits badly.

[Joe Hamilton @serkrider]

@stockbella I point to Bill Clinton. When the world knew he straight up lied to the American people with no consequences. Remember “ I did not have sex with that girl”. It seemed to change our culture overnight. Lack of trust and the creation of the two party system.

[Joe Hamilton @serkrider]

@RealJamesWoods This is not the first time they’ve had jack Smith in front of the camera and done nothing. but elections are coming so preening for the cameras is always a good idea. They did nothing last time so I’m not expecting anything different.

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@Kentuckygirl1 All the while the Republican majority is afraid to do anything. Or are they being active against their true beliefs?

[Joe Hamilton @serkrider]

@LeaderJohnThune You Sir are a treasonous liar. Who obviously has allegiance to Dead mitch. And will be replaced at due time. Are you comfortable going against over 77 million voters? Who the hell do you think you are??

[Joe Hamilton @serkrider]

@DerrickEvans4WV It’s been done before. Shoulder be 25 years with aggressive deportations. MAGA!

[Joe Hamilton @serkrider]

@DPrello You are absolutely correct. That is the root cause of no accountability in Washington. If you call anyone out then you are exposed for your discrepancies as well. Therefore no one talks or condemns anyone else.

[Joe Hamilton @serkrider]

@catturd2 The vanity and greed of these people is beyond belief. The founders never anticipated the Career politician who can never let go. Nor the power they assumed. This is on the lazy voting public.

[Joe Hamilton @serkrider]

This needs to be reported to the people loudly. Thune must be removed!

[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.

[Joe Hamilton @serkrider]

@Sassafrass_84 I believe we need to eliminate government agencies such as DOE and move others out of DC. Eliminate the hive mentality and jobs programs that is government and things will improve.

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@AnnCoulter Sorry Ann but your reasoning is so far off. Out right to privacy is greater than the incompetence of our government enforcement of laws. Eliminate all flock cameras or put it to a vote.

[Joe Hamilton @serkrider]

@glennbeck This is exactly how you lose our democracy. How the hell did we get here?

[Joe Hamilton @serkrider]

@catturd2 And how does our government/public servants, call an end to their own job?

[Joe Hamilton @serkrider]

@Jim_Jordan Nice words but what have you actually done with your role?

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@DerrickEvans4WV Absolutely not interested in this. I will buy locally.

[Joe Hamilton @serkrider]

@Sassafrass_84 we the public need to vote better. However with over 50% of the country not paying income taxes but still voting. We have a problem!!

[Joe Hamilton @serkrider]

@Kentuckygirl1 @SenMcConnell And the ruling class doesn’t care. That’s all we need to know.

[Joe Hamilton @serkrider]

@Milajoy Correct!!

[Joe Hamilton @serkrider]

@RepBoebert So why don’t you share with us. Just how there got to be federal grants. I know I never had a vote on anything about these cameras. But once it happens now some of you are concerned. And the effort to remove them is monumental.

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@warDaniel47 Funny how no media outlet remembers that NoBama sold the ACA. As a way to eliminate the poor class in our country. As soon as it passed he started bringing in an entire new group of poor. But let’s not talk about that!