Mark G

Christian, Husband, Father of 2 girls & 1 dog. I Enjoy spending time outdoors with my girls & traveling the globe for Caterpillar. My thoughts are my own

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Congrats to all of #TeamUSA - @USAGym for an awesome week at WAGs... including my Daughter who scored a 5th place finish in 15-16 yr old Tumbling #ProudDadMoment

U.S. gymnasts sweep 13-14 double mini titles at T&T World Age Group Competitions https://t.co/1YAFKhM3x5 via @usagym

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@GunWashington @hannahhill_sc @MorosKostas Loved @hannahhill_sc’s reaction when she realized it was Granted! All of us in Illinois are Ecstatic!! Can’t wait to hear @FreedomSsteel opinion!!

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@AAGDhillon @TheJusticeDept @CivilRights Thanks for having our backs…. Will you be filing another Amicus brief on Viramontes, which you have done at the applet level, but now it’s pending before SCOTUS?

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@MAGAVoice He needs to get Elon to help support Kristi Noem

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@JoshHall2024 As the old saying goes, “Throw the Bum out!”

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😂😂😂

[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.

[Mark G @SparkManDo]

@WHLeavitt @LeaderJohnThune F for all of the above & @LeaderJohnThune is “F’d” if he doesn’t get it over the line & to POTUS’s desk!! Either be a Leader & get it done or step aside and let a real leader take the helm

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@BrandonStraka When @LeaderJohnThune refuses to or is incapable of Leading his caucus to pass a 80/20 issue then he is Not a Leader & need to either step down or be voted out of Leadership.

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@RightPulseNewss

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@StandUpForTrmp

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@RepBoebert @LeaderJohnThune Get this 90/10 issue across the line @LeaderJohnThune!

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@DerrickEvans4WV

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@HomanNews @LeaderJohnThune F….. as in if doesn’t get passed @LeaderJohnThune is F’d…. Along with all the other RINO’s that stop it

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@GuntherEagleman @LeaderJohnThune Yes

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@TodayUpdates0 Too bad @LeaderJohnThune doesn’t have the stones to push it through even if he had to kill the filibuster to do it

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@StandUpForTrmp He’s 1/2 way there….

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@larryjones

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@AAGDhillon @AGPamBondi @CivilRights Then stop defending the NFA…..

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@MaryTilesTexas 68-72 all year long here in Illinois.

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@chefsevenn Bite your tongue…..