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Posted on 11/10/2026 2:45:50 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Senate Republicans reelected Sen. John Thune as their leader on Tuesday, staying the course as they prepare to enter the minority after the party's brutal midterm losses, which saw at least seven Senate seats fall to the Democrats.
Senate Republicans backed Thune for another two years as leader by acclamation, or without opposition, after meeting behind closed doors in the Old Senate Chamber for much of the day.
Thune, 65, is a South Dakota Republican who was first elected leader after the 2024 elections. He's been in the Senate since 2005 and took the helm two decades later, after working under Sen. Mitch McConnell as the No. 2 Senate Republican.
Well-liked by his conference, there was little doubt that Thune would remain leader. But a last-minute push by several conservative members to delay the elections added a wrinkle.
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin led the push to delay the vote after the disastrous midterm results for Republicans. He secured signatures from a handful of his colleagues — Sens. John Kennedy of Louisiana, Ted Budd of North Carolina, Rick Scott of Florida and Mike Lee of Utah — to compel a conference meeting ahead of Tuesday's elections. But the effort to delay any further fell short.
Johnson told reporters that Senate Republicans "just can't continue on business as usual" after a "stunning defeat" at the polls.
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Senate RINOs once again extend the middle finger to their voters.
Oh, for f#%$ sake..... Thune?
Republican senators are worse than worthless.
We’re living in a continuous SNL skit.
It appears Republicans are happy with the outcome of the recent elections.
We’re wasting our time worrying about how the Republicans do.
They could care less about this country. There’s little difference between them and the Democrats
Do RINOs speak?
I thought there were enough senators to block this from happening, but here we are. We’re screwed. The RINOs won (or lost depending on your viewpoint) again, and the events of the past two years will continue.
They’re getting ready to throw Trump under the bus.
Being in a leadership position with a thin majority has got to be one of the worst jobs in the world. I wouldn’t want it. Nevertheless, Thune has had his chance. We couldn’t do much worse with anybody else. At least make a change to at least appear like you care!
Every Republican Senator that voted in favor of Thune should be primaried next time around, but it will never happen.
The more things change, the more they stay the same, huh?
What is the saying about the definition of stoopid?
s you can see, voting republican is for people who find losing a great thing.
A lot of the people who put them thehre are RINOs, too.
Texas shows what happens when you have a GOP without RINOs.
Even now, these useliess, gutless panty-waist, POS give the middle finger of indifference to the country...
Even now, these useliess, gutless panty-waist, POS give the middle finger of indifference to the country...
The Senate Republicans, taken together, are a problem child. They are slaves of the big cities in their respective states. And seem to be slaves of K Street. They have to placate the former. In return, they get to slop at the troughs of the latter.
They need ten Republicans to kick him out (I'm counting Murkowski as a "guilty" vote + 56 Democrats).
Yeah That Cornyn was so MAGA and conservative. LOL!
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