Some amazing events occurred in this year’s midterms. Every last county in the Republican strongholds of Texas and Ohio went blue. Other states that remained GOP for generations voted the Dems in. And, most astonishing of all, John Thune was transformed into a Republican.
At least, that’s the impression you’d get watching his recent comments on Fox. Thune is now a true believer. He always was. People just didn’t understand. He was just being subtle about it. Yeah, that’s right – subtle, that’s the word.
Thune is now deeply concerned with the 2028 presidential election. If the Democrats win that one, he tells us, it’s “game over.”
Of course, the question arises as to why he didn’t say this a week ago. Or six months ago. Or at any time prior to today.
His record as party leader can’t even be called “mixed.” With one exception, that being the Big Beautiful Bill, his entire tenure was devoted to one thing -- undercutting Donald Trump. Not on behalf of the Democrats, but, it appears, on general principle. Over and above all, there’s the SAVE America Act, which he simply refused to bring to a vote. Then there's his arranging for the Senate to remain technically in session in order to prevent the President from making recess appointments that the Democrats were stalling. (Maybe I’m wrong – maybe he is working with the Dems.) This is a legitimate ploy often used by presidents in the past, including Obama. No Republican ever shut him down that way. It only happened to Donald Trump.
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