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Thune's requiem
American Thinker ^ | 10 Nov. 2026 | J.R. Dunn

Posted on 11/10/2026 12:13:08 PM PST by MtnClimber

If he somehow prevails, he’ll be in no position to lead the party in any meaningful sense.

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.

Finally, there was his refusal – along with everyone else -- to take 2020 election fraud seriously.

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1 posted on 11/10/2026 12:13:08 PM PST by MtnClimber
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Thune should resign tomorrow. If he does not, the anti-communists will swarm him.


2 posted on 11/10/2026 12:14:56 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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>> Every last county in the Republican strongholds of Texas and Ohio went blue

Huh? In Texas? Bullsh!t.


3 posted on 11/10/2026 12:15:04 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: MtnClimber

Ouch!


4 posted on 11/10/2026 12:16:13 PM PST by ComputerGuy
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To: Nervous Tick

Not true for either State.


5 posted on 11/10/2026 12:16:13 PM PST by laconic
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To: laconic

I wonder where that nonsense came from? Not even in California did that happen.

I do agree with the author re: Thune.


6 posted on 11/10/2026 12:19:39 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: MtnClimber

Why is that lie repeated? Of the 254 counties in Texas, about 50 went socialist. The rural counties voted the same as they always have - about 75-25. Urban squalor won the day in the blue counties. There just ain’t enough peoples living out here, which is a good thing. Stay in your cities.


7 posted on 11/10/2026 12:20:22 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: MtnClimber

Thune deserves much blame for overall failure. Trump is blameless in this matter. This is all on the feckless Senate.


8 posted on 11/10/2026 12:22:18 PM PST by rlmorel (It looks hard, and it’s harder than it looks. (Elon Musk regarding rocket science))
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To: MtnClimber

Thine was a big winner last Tuesday.

He’s walking in the tall cotton now. Why should he resign?


9 posted on 11/10/2026 12:22:41 PM PST by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et des phrases)
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To: Nervous Tick
I wonder where that nonsense came from?

It came from those widely posted all-blue maps showing every county moved some percentage toward the Democrats. People misinterpreted them to mean that every county was won by the Democrats.

10 posted on 11/10/2026 12:31:23 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: MtnClimber
Except for the Hispanics along the river, who went back to voting socialist, the blue dots are all the major cities. They voted for a Mexican surname. This map looks like most other states. Several of those suburban counties usually are red. This is for governor but the others look the same.


11 posted on 11/10/2026 12:34:31 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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Thune needs to be gotten rid of. Yes the Republicans lost but especially RINOs lost. The whole RINO faction of the party needs to be purged once and for all.


12 posted on 11/10/2026 12:36:12 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: Mr. Jeeves

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13 posted on 11/10/2026 12:39:33 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: MtnClimber

Thune’s sabotage of the SAVE Act lead directly to millions of fraudulent Democrat votes.


14 posted on 11/10/2026 12:39:50 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: crusty old prospector

How do you know that the 50 counties that can swing Texas did not allow illegal immigrant motor-voter registrants to have mail-in ballots sent to a collection address to be voted by democRAT operatives? That seems to be the whole illegal immigration game. The obstruction of review of voter rolls by democRATs shows they are hiding something. I think “votes” went blue, but there is no evidence that all, or most votes were legal votes.


15 posted on 11/10/2026 12:50:07 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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It’s almost like the RINOs were colluding with the Democrats.


16 posted on 11/10/2026 12:50:47 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn )
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Agree, Thune is a traitor and should be treated as such.


17 posted on 11/10/2026 12:53:18 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

OMG. They voted for Thune again. You would think they’d get the message. Pathetic.


18 posted on 11/10/2026 1:01:55 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: MtnClimber

OMG. They voted for Thune again. You would think they’d get the message. Pathetic.


19 posted on 11/10/2026 1:01:58 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: MtnClimber

That is something I don’t think we will ever know. They cover their tracks.


20 posted on 11/10/2026 1:03:52 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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