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BumRushDaShow

(142,213 posts) Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:14 PM Nov 13

Republicans reject Trump allies' pick, elect John Thune as next Senate majority leader

Source: USA Today

Published 12:07 p.m. ET Nov. 13, 2024

WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans have elected Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., as the next Senate majority leader after rejecting public overtures from allies of President-elect Donald Trump who backed a different candidate. Thune won in a secret-ballot vote of 29-24, beating out opposing candidates Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Rick Scott, R-Fla.

The 63-year-old Thune will succeed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has led his chamber's Republicans since 2007 and is the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history.

The Senate majority leader is one of the most powerful people in Washington – and soon will have an important say over Trump's agenda. Thune will have the power to set the schedule for the Senate, which has sole control over confirmation of the Cabinet, about 1,200 other high-level government jobs and a president's judicial nominees.

Thune's win is even more significant because Republicans regained control of the upper chamber in the November election, putting the GOP on track to hold total control over Congress and the White House for the next two years.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/13/john-thune-elected-senate-majority-leader-gop/76118719007/

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Republicans reject Trump allies' pick, elect John Thune as next Senate majority leader (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 13 OP

Thune elected Senate majority leader LetMyPeopleVote Nov 13 #1

LITERALLY by seconds!!! BumRushDaShow Nov 13 #3

This news made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Nov 13 #4

Rick Scott BumRushDaShow Nov 13 #7

Oh, where is my violin??? CaliforniaPeggy Nov 13 #14

Thune will carry turtle's agenda forward which is not all bad. Turtle is not and never has been a t-rump sycophant PortTack Nov 13 #2

McConnell is very much a Trump toady travelingthrulife Nov 13 #8

Not always, he's absolutely in favor of the Ukraine war. And spoke publicly and privately against him PortTack Nov 13 #9

Words are cheap. happy feet Nov 13 #10

To be GOP, there is a core of "self-interest" and pure "selfishness" BumRushDaShow Nov 13 #12

McConnell Supports Fascist Oligarchy And Fascist Plutocracy - He Desires A Unitary Executive MayReasonRule Nov 13 #13

Thune will probably rubber stamp bmichaelh Nov 13 #5

Scott, infamous for his involvement in Medicare fraud, only received a paltry 13 votes. LetMyPeopleVote Nov 13 #6

Maybe the best of a bad lot.... Joe_Gadway Nov 13 #11

The only good news is that Skeletor lost GenThePerservering Nov 13 #15

oooooosuch repukelican REBELS!!! Kali Nov 13 #16

it's something at least imavoter Nov 13 #17

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,421 posts)

1. Thune elected Senate majority leader

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:18 PM

Nov 13

You beat me

McConnell beat trump again. This should piss off trump

Link to tweet

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4987959-senator-john-thune-elected/

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has been elected Senate majority leader, setting the stage for him to replace retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has held the top Senate GOP leadership job for the past 18 years.

Thune has served as Senate Republican whip, the No. 2-ranking position in the Senate GOP leadership, since 2019, and largely managed operation of the Senate floor since McConnell suffered a concussion from a fall in 2023.

Thune beat Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) by a vote of 25 to 24, according to two sources familiar.

Thune led after the first ballot. He won 25 votes while Cornyn won 15 votes and Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) collected 13 votes.

BumRushDaShow

(142,213 posts)

3. LITERALLY by seconds!!!

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:21 PM

Nov 13

I got a blaring CNBC breaking news banner on my iPad, checked that article but it only had a headline at the time, then did a quick search and found this...

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,421 posts)

4. This news made me smile

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:25 PM

Nov 13

Link to tweet

BumRushDaShow

(142,213 posts)

7. Rick Scott

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:30 PM

Nov 13

and his sycophants are going to be mad.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,069 posts)

14. Oh, where is my violin???

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #7)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 03:24 PM

Nov 13

PortTack

(34,642 posts)

2. Thune will carry turtle's agenda forward which is not all bad. Turtle is not and never has been a t-rump sycophant

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:19 PM

Nov 13

The fact that the gqp chose their leader against the wishes of der leader is also a very good thing

travelingthrulife

(679 posts)

8. McConnell is very much a Trump toady

Reply to PortTack (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:38 PM

Nov 13

He had the power to stop this monster at many turns. He supports Trump.

PortTack

(34,642 posts)

9. Not always, he's absolutely in favor of the Ukraine war. And spoke publicly and privately against him

Reply to travelingthrulife (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:49 PM

Nov 13

I am not giving praise…just saying thune will carry on in McConnell’s shoes and we could have Scott who yes would have been a total trump toady. Certainly the lesser of 2 evils

happy feet

(1,093 posts)

10. Words are cheap.

Reply to PortTack (Reply #9)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:53 PM

Nov 13

He stole 2 Supreme Court justices from Dems and didn’t lead his caucus to vote to impeach Trump-twice.

BumRushDaShow

(142,213 posts)

12. To be GOP, there is a core of "self-interest" and pure "selfishness"

Reply to happy feet (Reply #10)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 01:34 PM

Nov 13

and he has operated from that standpoint as a member of the Senate since WAY before 45 even considered dabbling with running for President (i.e., has been there since 1985 vs 45's 1988 trial balloon consideration of running for the top of the ticket). But Biden had been in there over a decade before Turtle so he knows where all the bodies are buried.

The "establishment" GOP know this too and know that Rick Scott is the "baby" (least experienced) of the 3 that were proffered, having only been in the Senate for 5 years. Cornyn had been in there a few years longer than Thune but either of the latter would have more of the Riddick's Rules learning under their belts.

MayReasonRule

(1,800 posts)

13. McConnell Supports Fascist Oligarchy And Fascist Plutocracy - He Desires A Unitary Executive

Reply to travelingthrulife (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 02:03 PM

Nov 13

I prefer to call it the Urinary Executive.
It's the whole of the GOP's trickle down economics.

Golden showers for everyone...

bmichaelh

(599 posts)

5. Thune will probably rubber stamp

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:29 PM

Nov 13

Yea, but will they show some backbone and push back against Trump's agenda.

Probably No.

When Trump tried to repeal ACA in 2017, there were only 3 Republican senators who voted no: McCain, Collins, Murkowski.

Thune voted for the repeal.

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,421 posts)

6. Scott, infamous for his involvement in Medicare fraud, only received a paltry 13 votes.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:30 PM

Nov 13

Link to tweet

BREAKING: Senator John Thune has just been elected Senate Majority Leader via secret ballot, easily beating MAGA-favorite Sen. Rick Scott in the 1st round of voting.

Scott, infamous for his involvement in Medicare fraud, only received a paltry 13 votes.

Make sure MAGA sees this to ruin their day!