🚨 BREAKING: Thune Goes Nuclear 🚨
Senate Majority @LeaderJohnThune just moved to change Senate rules after Democrats blocked EVERY Trump nominee from being confirmed by voice vote.
This isn't "advice and consent". This is just blatant obstruction. It's abuse of the rules. 🧵
Senate Majority @LeaderJohnThune just moved to change Senate rules after Democrats blocked EVERY Trump nominee from being confirmed by voice vote.
This isn't "advice and consent". This is just blatant obstruction. It's abuse of the rules. 🧵
@LeaderJohnThune 2/ For the first time in history, Democrats refused all unanimous consent & voice votes.
Every single Trump nominee—no matter how uncontroversial—was dragged through every available procedural roadblock.
This isn't governing. It's trying to overturn the election.
Every single Trump nominee—no matter how uncontroversial—was dragged through every available procedural roadblock.
This isn't governing. It's trying to overturn the election.
@LeaderJohnThune 3/ No one's ever done this before.
The rules are there to allow reasonable debate over truly controversial subjects. NOT to just block every nominee.
At the current rate, Trump would get his team confirmed in the early 2030s. No joke.
The rules are there to allow reasonable debate over truly controversial subjects. NOT to just block every nominee.
At the current rate, Trump would get his team confirmed in the early 2030s. No joke.
@LeaderJohnThune 4/ What’s at stake?
🚨 48 executive nominees currently stalled
🚨 Empty seats crippling agencies
🚨 Their power exercised by unelected, unfireable Deep State bureaucrats
Every unfilled role strengthens the Deep State. That’s the real Democrat game.
rodmartin.org/p/deep-dive-ho…
🚨 48 executive nominees currently stalled
🚨 Empty seats crippling agencies
🚨 Their power exercised by unelected, unfireable Deep State bureaucrats
Every unfilled role strengthens the Deep State. That’s the real Democrat game.
rodmartin.org/p/deep-dive-ho…
@LeaderJohnThune 5/ The precedent isn’t new.
🔹 2013: Harry Reid nuked the filibuster for lower court judges.
🔹 2017: Mitch McConnell nuked it for Supreme Court picks.
Now Thune is taking it further—applying it to Trump’s executive nominees.
Is it ideal? No. But shouldn't elections matter?
🔹 2013: Harry Reid nuked the filibuster for lower court judges.
🔹 2017: Mitch McConnell nuked it for Supreme Court picks.
Now Thune is taking it further—applying it to Trump’s executive nominees.
Is it ideal? No. But shouldn't elections matter?
@LeaderJohnThune 6/ Trump has been clear:
“No party should be able to weaponize the confirmation process the way Democrats are doing now.”
Chuck Schumer claims Trump’s nominees are “historically bad.” But we thought the same about Biden's and Obama's and didn't do this.
He's deflecting.
“No party should be able to weaponize the confirmation process the way Democrats are doing now.”
Chuck Schumer claims Trump’s nominees are “historically bad.” But we thought the same about Biden's and Obama's and didn't do this.
He's deflecting.
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