Thune Fumbles SAVE Act Opportunity

Senate Conservatives Fund ^ | FEB 04, 2026 | N/A

[SharpRightTurn]

Senate Republican Leader John Thune (R-SD) announced yesterday that Republicans would not use a “talking” filibuster to break the Democrats’ obstruction of the SAVE Act.

This makes no sense.

Stopping non-citizen voting in federal elections is not only a widely popular idea, but it’s also essential to securing our nation’s future.

Thune said a talking filibuster would “tie up the Senate” and take up limited floor time needed for other things.

This is the worst excuse he could have made. The Senate only works two and a half days a week now, so there’s plenty of time to do what it takes to save our country.

The sad truth is that there are still too many Senate Republicans who are unwilling to fight for our principles and values. They hide behind the 60-vote threshold to fool their own voters.

Sean Davis at The Federalist explained this well.

Senate Republicans refuse to force standing filibusters, which would lead to bills passing with only 51 votes, because it would condition their own voters to actually getting the laws they were promised enacted into law. Can’t have that, now can we.

Second, such a process would expose the 10-15 most worthless Republicans who would vote against these bills, showing that even with a majority, Republicans somehow never have a majority.

As a result, they use the 60-vote threshold as a handy excuse for their own refusal to ever do anything they promise. They always have the time and the votes to shovel your money to Ukraine or to carve out new tax loopholes for their corporate lobbyist friends.

What they have no time or patience for is doing anything their actual constituents demand. And that right there is why Republicans are going to get destroyed in November if they don’t start doing what they promised.

This should make every conservative’s blood boil.

And it should make us work harder than ever to elect strong conservatives who share our values and will do what it takes to advance our priorities — even if that means working a normal five-day work week.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: failuretheater; saveact; senate; thoon; thune

[SharpRightTurn]

I've never had a good feeling about Thune, particularly when it became apparent that Mitch "The Turtle" McConnell was grooming him to replace him as Majority Leader. I consider the SAVE Act as must-pass legislation if we are going to stop the election fraud in blue states. If a potential voter is unable or unwilling to provide documentary proof of US citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections, they should not be allowed to vote. The fact that Schumer is going scorched earth to stop this shows how it will affect Dim votes. Yet Thune appears ready to throw in the towel. Pathetic.

[ZULU]

Thune and Johnson are deep state puppets

[HYPOCRACY]

Not only is he an asshole worse than McConnell. He’s also an incompetent idiot.

[jimfree]

Thune can guarantee a larger majority for making the effort.

[MinorityRepublican]

He didn’t fumble.

[dadfly]

‘Meet the new boss; same as the old boss.’

poor Luna. she got smoked again by the GOP.

[ClearCase_guy]

Exactly. Not a fumble. It’s a stab in the back. He threw that opportunity away deliberately.

[Jamestown1630]

What is possibly more important than honest elections?

[UnwashedPeasant]

Sabotage and betrayal to protect election fraud.

Trump should veto the bill.

[unixfox]

Soon to be: Senate MINORITY Republican Leader John Thune (R-SD)

[SuperLuminal]

Thune has been coming out of the closet for some time now...

Anybody who shuts down a bill to protect the integrity of federal elections is an enemy of America, and should be treated as such...

[gibsonguy]

It is an 80-20 issue. The GOPe knows it but they don’t care that much is obvious. Disgusting.

[Yogafist]

What is possibly more important than honest elections?

Not damaging the election potential of liberal Republicans. He won't bring this up because the Murkowski, Collins, Tillis and probably more don't want it and forcing them to vote will hurt their reelection chances.

[Sacajaweau]

Thune and Johnson are probably the best leaders in the House and Senate since Newt.

[Skul]

Thune and Johnson are more ANTI MAGA then the Democrats. It’s a fact.

[SaveFerris]

👍👍

[ComputerGuy]

Thune and Johnson are deep state puppets

You are correct, I fear.

[Carry_Okie]

I've never had a good feeling about Thune, particularly when it became apparent that Mitch "The Turtle" McConnell was grooming him to replace him as Majority Leader.

Time for Trump to dump. Bring out the Venezuelan electronic manipulations. The crooked voter rolls in Pennsylvania and California. All of it.

Rub Thune's nose in it.

[mosley]

“There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress.”
— Mark Twain

[Eagle Forgotten]

"This should make every conservative’s blood boil."

I think the author means "This should make every conservative’s blood boil yet again."

As I contemplate most Republican electeds, it's been a long time since my blood was at a normal temperature.