John Thune Gave the Double Bird to the GOP Base Saturday Morning

Sen. John Thune and the rest of the panican GOP caucus wanted to go home. They held a really early-morning vote around 5 AM to confirm Todd Blanche as the 88^th attorney general of the United States, but then moved to adjourn. There weren’t enough senators to kill the August recess. Democrats certainly won’t do it, and Thune noted 15 to 20 Republicans who’d rather let Democrats run them over when they retake the chamber at some point, kill the filibuster, and pass their extreme policies as we watch helplessly like infants. Why? Well, that’s what these Republicans do: face an open nuclear reactor and think they’ll be rewarded for their bravery when all they do is end up dead. 

🚨 BREAKING OVERNIGHT: Majority Leader John Thune forced the Senate into August recess without the SAVE America Act, but MIKE LEE and ASHLEY MOODY were among those yelling at the top of their lungs objecting

"I move to adjourn."

More of our GOP senators should've pushed to stay… pic.twitter.com/p2xeLe3zkQ

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 8, 2026

No one cares about institutional deference, not anymore. The SAVE America Act could’ve been passed if the filibuster had been nuked, but these traditional Republicans and their laughable affinity for the old days are what’s going to destroy us. 

No one gets brownie points for being the bigger person? Who cares if the liberal media has a meltdown over nuking the filibuster? We’re talking about worrying about the reactions of people who already hate us. 

But the GOP has its vacation. No movement on one of President Trump’s more crucial action items. And a Senate Republican caucus that cannot do anything right. I’ve never seen a stick stuck in the mud so much, and we applaud for an effort to move forward. 

That’s loser mentality, and I’m sick of it. 

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