Senator John Thune has been groomed by Mitch McConnell to be his replacement for decades. Thune’s ascension to the role of Senate Majority Leader is essentially a foregone conclusion.
Senator Thune will carry the full support of roughly 15-to-20 senate DeceptiCons (deceptive conservatives), and perhaps a dozen more squishy ones in the middle who want great committee positions. The important dynamic that comes into play now is Senate Committee Chairman “leverage” for Donald Trump’s nominees.
Earlier today on CNBC Senator John Thune discussed the upcoming secret ballot election for Senate Majority Leader. WATCH (prompted):
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Essentially, this is Thune’s gentle first shot requesting President Trump “stay out of” the senate caucus decision. Likely, what matters most to President Trump is getting his nominees past the Republican majority confirmation process. Thune was in previous talks with President Trump several months ago, and again several weeks ago in Mar-a-Lago.
Senator Thune doesn’t want President Trump to put his finger on the scale. If matters of the Senate are left alone, Thune ascends – period. However, Thune isn’t stupid and would like Trump to support him. Essentially, Thune would welcome intervention so long as the intervention came with an endorsement.
Thune wants to be Senate Majority Leader. President Trump wants all of his ‘advise and consent’ nominees to glide through confirmation.
We should look for President Trump to endorse Thune; generally, that would indicate terms have been agreed and we can be optimistic. However, if we do not see an endorsement from President Trump, or if Trump endorses someone else, then we should watch out for full DeceptiCon opposition in the Senate from here on out.
A lot of the dynamic exists without any outside influence. The two positioned candidates are John Thune (SD) and John Cornyn (TX). Thune is heavily favored and likely has an easy inside track. The number of MAGA senators is around ten, not really enough to block any organized leadership challenge.
Our MAGA movement benefits from appointments gaining confirmation. President Trump well understands the negotiations and maneuvering that will be needed to get the right committee chairs and members in place.
If Democrat Senator said that to Obama/Biden, that Senators career would be over. Obama/Holder would order the FBI to raid his home or something.
Fear and Bribery were the hallmarks of the Obama/Biden regime.
Maybe its time MAGA stop playing nice. I would love to see Thune piss his pants during a pre-dawn raid. Thats the only thing these self serving cowards respond to.
I couldn’t agree more.
All gloves are off and someone has dirt on all these Swamp Creatures.
Let the big boy games begin.
The FBI would never raid Thune. He’s part of the elite.
Pretty soon it’ll be our FBI again. President Trump has learned the game & the good guys.
Yes, and they don’t hesitate to harass and raid prominent Alfie Oakes yesterday. He’s been a dedicated Trump supporter with push back against the over reaching policies from the prior tyrannical administration. Alfie has lifted this community over the last four years with hope and a place to gather with like minded Trump supporters. He’s been outspoken and a leader in every sense of the word. It won’t stop, it’s pretty small minded to target someone like Alfie who supplies untainted food for those who have serious health problems and for those who just choose to eat healthy.
I imagine these bastards are still out for J6. Alfie supplied two buses for patriots to attend. The rest of the fake media output is typical. They best be prepared for the push back from the MAGA community when it comes to Alfie.
https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/2024/11/08/alfie-oakes-trump-maga-florida-seed-table-insurrection-george-floyd/76126062007/
A little exposure by Steve Bannon and RAV might help especially in his home area.
Thune is McConnell’s RINO protégé.
Thune is McConnell thong.
Hey, do you remember Obama mocking Trump in his face during the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner? Please see who was beside Trump: Rick Scott. Enough said.
Cut a deal with the SOB to get the nominees passed.
Once accomplished and nominees are sworn in, release the ‘dirt’ on Thune, particularly if it’s prosecutable.
He he he he he
What goes around, comes around.
😏
Release the Fracken Kracken on this stooge..
Excellent plan!
i like it. No offense, its just politics.
Perzactly, and a great big
“If you didn’t like me before, how do you like me NOW?”
Yes!
🎯😎
Politics is politics. I agree cut a deal, nominees and deep state cleaning. Schumer and McConnell and Pelosi will be dead soon (my guess is within 5 to 10.
He can be majority leader if Schiff is no where near the gang of 8 or any intelligence committee.
Immigration deal with mass deportation and finished border wall on his desk by the end of January.
Guarantee the Senate recesses a minimum of one day per quarter.
Hours or days?
Preferably, I’d want Mitch and his cronies “retired”. Unfortunately, Sundance is right: we have far more DeceptiCons than MAGA Senators in the Senate at present.
Okay, Plan B is to agree with Black knight’s plan – cut a deal, get the nominees through, then begin to nudge those DeceptiCons out. If Thunes betrays PTrump, release the dirt immediately, and force the SOB out of office through scandal.
No Quarter.
Because the DeceptiCons won’t be giving any if they think they can get away with it.
As long as he’s there, Thune IS NOT going to allow Trump to get quality, MAGA appointees through the process. He’s got to be dealt with first.
Kinda like the mtg w the terrorist when he handed him a photo of his house.
Thune , as long as he’s Majority Leader, isn’t going to allow anyone MAGA or truly loyal to Trump to be confirmed. No way. Just as McConnell didn’t allow Trump to get quality appointees. Of course then, some MAGA people, that don’t understand the system, dumbly blame Trump for picking bad appointees!
This makes sense.
These are the days when President Trump, having already had four years in office experience, and then watching the various wings of the Uniparty bird expose themselves, has the luxury to now pick and choose his battles; so this makes perfect sense.
Heaven knows the demons are chomping at anything to keep the vitriol on a 24/7 news media high so if we see the gesture of peace, it gives them nothing to scream about. And if we’ve learned anything, Donald Trump the person, and President Trump the officeholder indeed knows how to gain the upper hand when it comes to media coverage.
Who would have ever imagined candidate Trump initially being dunned for the ‘grab them by the …” comment and then having kitten memes for him to save the cats! Is that not a perfect circle of trolling, a master at his craft?
Not to mention several years of reading CTH!
I can live with PTrump endorsing Thune – only if it is in the form of a boot heel on a snake’s head to control it…
Not me. He will play the same games McConnell did. Hell, he has already started. Kick him to the curb.
Okay, maybe.
But who could realistically be installed instead, who wouldn’t be as bad or worse?
We need more MAGA folks in both House and Senate but we aren’t there yet.
Maybe in the midterms we can deliver a good, solid crew, but in the meantime we have RINOS and Squishies to choose from.
If there is embarrassing dirt on Thune that can be leveraged, he might be a fairly reliable ally.
I don’t like it, but MAGA is a minority wing within the rotten GOP.
Until We the People can take over the Party apparatus we must use what we have
Never ever will forgive McConnell for colluding with Nancy on the J6, not certifying election. Both should be downtown for treason. Let Thune get his cornet. Then after everyone is place call for his binder. Review his problems. You know he has plenty.
That Thune would let this be uttered publicly shows how stupid the GOPe is. Trump just pulled off the biggest political comeback in 100 years and Thune is telling him “We don’t care what you think.”
Donald Trump: Unmasking the Deep State since 2015.
100% right. Thune is still playing by the old rules of the now dead and buried GOP. Since Thune doesn’t get it now and never will, he must be crushed. I have full confidence in President Trump and his new team. He will find a way to get rid of this turd.
Agreed.
Pray.
As horrid as they are, the Dems presented a UNITED FRONT! If they didn’t, they were out of favor, out of luck, and likely out on their behinds!
first thought:
Dro p
dead, Thune
Jesse Kelly
@JesseKellyDC
We desperately need Trump to publicly support Rick Scott for Senate Majority Leader.
If it’s Cornyn or Thune, it’s a continuation of McConnell.
And without Trump’s weight behind Scott, he will not win.
This matters. A lot.
https://x.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1854595069950726355
Rick Scott is a joke. I have voted for him for what feels like decades and I only see him just before Election Day. Is there 1 serious Republican Senator???
Rick Scott is a squishy Rino
All of them are squishy RINOS.
How dare he, who does he thunke he is? Rick Scott is coming for you.
I don’t want to see anyone with the name “John” as Senate Majority Leader. Too many RINOs named John.
Not impressed by Thune. McConnel neocon. Big business, bid government, big spender, not America First! Need a businessman, not a lifelong politician
The typical senator serves what…? 24-30 years? Thune can play rope a dope and never be at risk for his unitary payday. Unless President Trump is willing to post a primary candidate to Thune and throw the entire weight of MAGA behind that person, then Thune has the leverage of playing the long game unfortunately.
Well, don’t forget who the real employers are for our Congress critters.
It ain’t you and it ain’t me.
They don’t work for us.
They work for their Globalist masters.
They don’t care what We the People think.
Until that changes, until We the People take back the GOP, nothing will change in that regard.
President Trump can only do so much.
We need to do our part, too.
The $250,000 salary they get from the government isn’t even a good tip!
President Trump will likely endorse Thune for majority leader.
Thune will likely support President Trump’s nominees, something America needs President Trump to have.
There will be howls from the usual suspects, the ones who insist Donald Trump simply must do everything they demand or else.
There is no rest for the weary.
God Bless President Trump as he traverses the sewer that is Washington D.C.
I hope the negotiations were broader than getting a commitment to support President Trump’s nominees. 2026 and 2028 are just around the corner and going forward no more of the BS we saw with McConnell withholding funds from the campaigns of MAGA Republican candidates.
In my dream, President Trump issues temporary appointments (3 months) that don’t need any approval and/or confirmation. All he needs is 16 people for each position ( yeah, I know, but I’m dreaming here) that would cover 4 years of his presidency. That would make RINO senators’ heads explode.
Educate me please, if you don’t mind. Can these 90 day appointments be re-made after 90 days with the same candidate? Basically perpetually with the same candidate unless a personnel change needs to be made?
Eh, that’s the thing I am, too, curious about. It’s just from my memory that he temporarily appointed Richard Grenell as the Acting Director for National Intelligence and it was said at a time that it was only for three months.
I just hope that President Trump have proper plan in place to fight with fire against obstacles that hampered his first term.
I hate relying on Wikipedia but it gave the most concise information. I hope it is accurate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Vacancies_Reform_Act_of_1998
John Thune sounds like he doesn’t have Trump nailed down in any deal.
President Trump should simply take him out… Legally. That would send a clear message to the rest of the RINOs. His administration is not going to be held hostage by a group of spineless traitors.
Take out Thune?
Don’t see how he could remove an elected Senator, Constitutionally.
If that were the case then the Biden administration would have removed the very few MAGA folks that we have in Congress.
I am quite certain, that with very little effort, some sort of character flaw could be found that would make him ineligible for that position.
PANIC MODE! Top Five Big Pharma CEOs Hold Emergency Teleconference After Trump’s Landslide Victory Threatens Their Grip on America: Report
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/panic-mode-top-five-big-pharma-ceos-hold/
Best news besides President Trump crushing the cackling hyena.
Trump wins a mandate and Thune issues a warning to stay out of his business? Trump needs recess appointments.
“it is to his best interest to stay out of that..”
It doesn’t sound like a “request” to me 🤔
That’s a threat.
It is not a request. It is a THREAT!
I loathe the whole McConnell/Thune contingent. Spit.
It makes me want to slap them when they play tough like this against a duly elected president with a MANDATE, for heaven’s sake.
Have we ever heard Thune be this tough on the dems or Biden or Harris or Mayorkis or Wray?
Yes, Never.
For what it’s worth, Senator Thune doesn’t appear to be member of the Black Eye Club (yet)…LOL.
Nope. NO puppet of Thune. Cornyn is even worse.
Scott is fine with me. I just wish he had a better speaking voice.
The time for playing nice is over. It’s time to play hardball and seek justice.
this is slightly off topic but the senate is given. the house is the issue. Jamie Raskin stated that there is no way Trump is stepping into the White House. That the house will not certify the election. this is odd as the dems don’t control the house, now! but was that a tell that he knew they would after the election? house is still not called and they have been wining 2 out of 3 for a couple of days. This is their steal in 2024. watch they will steal the house. another dem said it will be a red mirage but turn into a blue tsunami.
Thune is a dullard and no where near as canny as McConnell.
That’s a funny way to say “Thank you.”
I can see how this will be.
“Thank you very little” Sen. Thune-berg!
Listen Up Jerky, you were elected to Office by a tiny fraction of the number of people who voted for President Trump. You are a flea. President Trump is the Big Dog.
America really doesn’t like you or your homeboys “Senator”..
The only time the dead mosquitoes in the Senate show signs of life is to pass Anti American Legislation or to actively block quality appointments by Our President.
Glitch’s hustle is busted, Thune. Smarten up.
Of all the people in the world to model yourself after, what kind of schmuck would chose Mitch McConnell?
a self enriching traitor
Will Thune start pooping his pants like McConnell?
Thune and his wife showed up at Mar-A-Lago this past summer. Wifey Poo thinks she smoothed things over, Trump was just being gracious..
Do they not realize Trump can see right through them. Trump holds all the cards right now. I bet it’s sickening watching them beg.
Not a big fan of Scott but he would be better than Frick and Frack, Mitch’s twins.
Would Sen. SkirtChaser try to lose the Majority like Mitch does?
Yes.
Is he a skirt chaser? Need some leverage on this bass turd–it would be good do have some dirt on him.
McConnell was every bit as guilty as Obama, Schumer and Pelosi in overthrowing the People in 2020. Presumably, Thune, too.
Unfortunately, our new senator, Dave McCormick, is swampy. Think Mitt Romney levels of swampiness.
Rick Scott has shown some backbone and leadership. Not Thune.
This is all posturing, and you can expect a lot more of it. Thune has a political life beyond 2028 and he doesn’t want to be seen as a toady to 45-47. He’s also a turd in the punch bowl, but that’s another story for another time. Right now, it’s all about the art of the deal. PDJT gets his team through the Senate, and Thune gets to play kingmaker. Beltway business as usual.
update:
Do these frauds want us to believe Gallego is going to get more votes then Donald Trump?
Bull.
If it wasn’t for Trump, RINO Thune would be running for Minority Leader.
PDJT most certainly has a say on who he wants to lead the Senate majority he created.
And Thune would VERY MUCH prefer being Minority Leader.
Yep. Sundance says when they’re in the minority, they don’t get held accountable for the decisions that are made by the majority.
They also get to fund raise off the outraged people who are unhappy with what the majority is doing!
Not John Cornyn, No please no .. he would not have won his primary without democrat machination and interference.. Texas wants him gone unfortunately the republicans still hold open primaries to allow democrat intervention in this state .. hope it changes soon
Could Thune’s move to make this public statement an attempt to let others know he has put Trump “in his place” and Thune will be in charge just as McConnell was.
Seems a move of subtle aggression or positioning himself as dominant.
The Senate is a waste of money. They are a bunch of snobby snooty rich fools who do nothing!!
I think Thune should shut his pie 🥧 hole. 💁🏻♀️
“Our MAGA movement benefits from appointments gaining confirmation. President Trump well understands the negotiations and maneuvering that will be needed to get the right committee chairs and members in place.”
If, in fact, Trump has extracted a promise from Thulsa Thune to green light Trump’s nominees, then Trump supporting Thune is practical.
If you know he is a snake, why would you take him in?
I don’t think so.
At times Thune reminds me of a toddler clutching a stolen lollypop while wailing “it’s mine….it’s mine, and you can’t have it!!” He’s been promised that position for too long to ever be free of the stench of McConnell’s corruption.
Double barrel middle finger… And a big vocal 40hz F U!
Once in place, I doubt that Thune can be trusted to allow Trump to have his picks
IF Trump reaches an agreement with thune, then OK. Better to have some measure of stability v chaos like the house. Trump is playing their game. We are not privy to the details. I don’t like thune, but we have to work with what we have.
I like Rick Scott. So does Trump. So…let’s see. Trump is going to be up against the deep state every step.
Keep him on a tight leash. Get what you need out of him then kick him to the curb.
That’s the problem though. Thune will absolutely not give Trump what he needs.
Rick Scott is putting his name in the ring.
I have to believe PDJT has a lot more experience with situations like this from past journey’s throughout the business world. Thune is a bureaucrat/politician…never had to make payroll or keep people employed and involved in self-preservation within the House & now Senate. Knowing the business world I would say that Trump will have the blade razor sharp when it comes to dealing with this…
“DJT has a lot more experience with situations like this from past journey’s throughout the business world…” And with building a business empire despite a realm of high-powered criminals.
GBU & GBA!
Maybe Sweeney Todd could weigh in on this…
As a Native born South Dakota boy this guy shouldn’t be the Senate Leader. Much like Mitch he is owned.
Thune is MCConnell 2.0. Johnson has proven he is weak. Let’s not repeat 2017, President Trump. The swamp is fill of alligators
There is a saying in Florida…put your finger in a body of water…if its wet….there are gators.
If we have to accept either 1 or the other, please…, not Gun Control & censorship advocate John CornHole.