Thune wins secret ballot to become new Senate GOP leader, succeeding McConnell

Fox News ^ | November 13, 2024 12:05pm EST | Julia Johnson , Tyler Olson , Chad Pergram , Aishah Hasnie

[MikelTackNailer]

"We suck again!" - Cajun guy in The Waterboy.

[PGR88]

Now the deep-state can control who Trump appoints to Attorney General and the FBI.

[xp38]

Worse the same or slightly better than Mitch?

[rktman]

At least not cornhole. Guess we just got a message from the swamp rinos.

[FamiliarFace]

I wish they would wait until the next crew is sworn in.

[Migraine]

If he effs w/ DJT, he’ll be gone. (R) = Trump these days.

[FamiliarFace]

Or do the newbies get a chance before they’re sworn in?

[suasponte137]

How would they do that? By not confirming his appointments?

[Frank Drebin]

Yep. It’s all over. Hey, when you call Donald to tell him to go home and forget it, tell him I said, ‘Hello!’

[Revel]

McConnell is all smiles. I wonder who decided that it would be a secret ballot?

[Carriage Hill]

The corrupt GOPe prevails.

[twister881]

All the Country Club RINOs care about is staying in office and becoming wealthy. What is good for the country and its citizens is a tertiary concern at best.

[aquila48]

Why is it secret?

We are their bosses! They work for us.

[EnderWiggin1970]

What would it take to force another vote? Say a month or two in it has become clear Thune is undermining Trump and kick the American electorate in the teeth for defying the elites. There must be a mechanism to force a new vote - what does it take?

[PGR88]

Yep. It’s all over. Hey, when you call Donald to tell him to go home and forget it, tell him I said, ‘Hello!’

What are you even talking about?

[ProudDeplorable]

“Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.”

[Presbyterian Reporter]

Thune will be known as a HERO or TRAITOR of the MAGA movement within days of him becoming Majority Leader in the first days of January.

All eyes will be on him.

[Licensed-To-Carry]

Plausible Deniability

[clee1]

Better than Cornyn... but not much.

[dangus]

Apparently reports that Scott was a distant third to Thune and Cornyn were accurate. I’m no Thune fan, but Cornyn is a Republican only because Texas can’t elect Democrats. So this is a win of sorts, I guess. What we really need is someone who will force more votes on bills, or at least votes on filibusters.