would “go down like a shot dog” in the Senate.
He's looking pretty weathered of late I must say...
Posted on 12/22/2020 9:41:38 PM PST by RandFan
President Trump went after Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) on Tuesday as he put pressure on GOP senators to back efforts to challenge the Electoral College vote when Congress meets on Jan. 6.
The president lashed out at Senate Republicans on Twitter, claiming that they would have lost seats without his endorsement. Trump also suggested that Thune, the No. 2 Senate Republican, would be “primaried in 2022.”
“Republicans in the Senate so quickly forget. Right now they would be down 8 seats without my backing them in the last Election,” Trump tweeted. “RINO John Thune, ‘Mitch’s boy’, should just let it play out. South Dakota doesn’t like weakness. He will be primaried in 2022, political career over!!!”
The tweet comes after Thune said that efforts to object to the Electoral College vote would “go down like a shot dog” in the Senate. The president is relying on these efforts, led by Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), to overturn the election results.
President-elect Joe Biden won by more than 70 electoral votes, and attempts by Trump and his allies to overturn the election in courts have been unsuccessful.
House conservatives met with the president, Vice President Mike Pence and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Monday to discuss the attempt effort, and several Republican lawmakers said they would object to the results.
However, Brooks would need one senator to join him, and it’s unclear if one will.
Sen.-elect Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) has suggested he will back it, but Thune, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Rules Committee Chairman Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) have urged colleagues not to object to states’ electoral votes.
Meanwhile, the effort will likely not make it past the Democratic-controlled House.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) appeared to rule herself out as a 2022 challenger on Twitter.
".@johnthune is a friend of mine, and I will not be challenging him," Noem tweeted. "I’m honored to be Governor of South Dakota and will ask the people to give me an opportunity to continue serving them as Governor in 2022."
He doesn’t pull his punches does he.
Should have been primaried in 2016, if we had replaced the Bush League Republicans with MAGA Republicans starting then we would not be in the position we are now.
Rubio should have been primaried in 2016 too.
A direct shot at mcconnell. Trump is shooting in the right direction.
“RINO John Thune; Mitch’s Boy!”
Somebody here on FR is perfectly qualified to run against this POS. Step up.
Nobody ran against Thune in his last race
would “go down like a shot dog” in the Senate.
He's looking pretty weathered of late I must say...
Thune has always been very lean and sunburned looking.
Of course, any political job has the potential to become very stressful. He may be showing the stress with grey hair.
What do you mean somebody? There are MANY in my opinion on FR capable and qualified to run against the GOPe in any state. God knows who you are! :) I agree with Salvavida. . . .step up!
Yes, but he does look weathered...
Scrambling to keep one’s corruption covered up is very stressful.
perhaps that is the ONLY thing we can do....primary some of these guys out....
Thune needed two tries to defeat Dascnhle, now he is a certified swamp rhino.
Rubio was primaried. And he won.
Rubio wasn’t even going to run, but party leaders including Trump personally asked Rubio to get back into the race, knowing it would help him carry the state to have a strong Senate candidate in the mix. He was right.
No he didn’t. He defeated Daschle the one and only time he was his opponent.
And now Rubio is going to give the Democrats a permanent majority with amnesty for illegal aliens...
There are many qualified to run against him that come from his state and are standing FR members. The problem though is a simple one - we all like to post but very few of us are willing to stand up. It’s very easy for many, including me, to write a long post saying this or that. But when it comes time to stand and be counted all you hear is the chirping of crickets. Which is why I openly mock those talking of CWII - the 82nd Armchair Brigade will never do anything. Standing to run for political office is an easier ask than that, but unfortunately that is also unlikely. Even though almost any FReeper is more qualified than Thune.
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