John Thune Fumes After Getting Roasted by Karoline Leavitt Over His Incompetence

everything. At every turn, they crash into a wall. He tore into Sen.
Steve Lankford (R-OK), by pretty much saying this caucus has no idea

And now John Thune is getting uppity over being called out by the Trump
White House? 

Here’s the thing, John—if you don’t want to get roasted, do your job.
It’s not like he’s pushing for a national reciprocity law, which would
be full of hurdles. The SAVE America Act has support from 70 percent of
more unruly group, but he also has a slim majority. He was able to get
three bills passed. He also managed to pass 12 appropriations bills this
winter, most of which funded the government through this year. The
Department of Homeland Security bill, however, caused a headache, with
the agency shut down for almost 100 days. Thune opted to work with
Democrats on a deal; he believed them—the worst part—and they schooled
him. 

He’s repeating the same strategy with this government funding measure to
prevent a shutdown on September 30. Once again, Democrats want a
government shutdown, and the Senate's approach of passing its own
funding bill only delays the process and increases the risk of
derailment, all because Thune cannot get things done. 

He’s been roasted by President Trump and White House Press Secretary
Karoline Leavitt today during the briefing, where our senior Washington
correspondent, Cameron Arcand, also had the honor of asking the first
question from the new media seat. 

“She or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes,
right?” Thune said, mighty huffy. 

At this point, I’m sure the White House press office could do a better
job, Thune. A Ficus plant could—what a miserable failure. 

Speaker Johnson may not have wanted the job, but he gets stuff done. The
Senate drags a**, mopes around, complicates the legislative path, and
ends up doing the Democrats’ bidding by delaying and increasing the risk
to total disaster. 

So, Thune wants to work with Democrats on a spending bill to prevent a
shutdown, then said a stopgap through reconciliation was his ‘break

Thune, to ensure you have a solid 50 votes, is to apply pressure,
threaten re-election funds, and taking gavels away. You need to subject
some members to "the treatment." Stop being a panican loser. 

When I think of Thune doing his job, I think about this:

https://youtu.be/yRdfUnVMJm0

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y-about-getting-roasted-by-for-being-a-miserable-failure-n2680018