{"id":2368538,"date":"2024-11-13T14:15:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T19:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-trump-landslide-gop-senate-votes-for-business-as-usual\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T14:16:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T19:16:04","slug":"after-trump-landslide-gop-senate-votes-for-business-as-usual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-trump-landslide-gop-senate-votes-for-business-as-usual\/","title":{"rendered":"After Trump Landslide, GOP Senate Votes For Business As Usual"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafter-trump-landslide-gop-senate-votes-for-business-as-usual%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2368538&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>It looks like you shared\u200b a segment from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-expands-clubhouse-like-audio-chat-feature\/\" title=\"Twitter Expands Clubhouse-Like Audio Chat Feature\">article discussing<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">recent leadership elections<\/a> among Republican Senators. 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John Thune of South Dakota was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/thune-wins-secret-ballot-become-new-senate-gop-leader-succeeding-mcconnell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promoted<\/a> from Republican Senate whip to majority leader on the second secret ballot with 29 votes in a contest against Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, who received 24. The two lawmakers edged out a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, who only <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/4988485-rick-scott-out-senate-leader-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">captured<\/a> three more votes for his candidacy for leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/mcconnell-re-elected-senate-gop-leader-defeating-challenge-rick-scott-rcna57487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">compared<\/a> to his previous <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/16\/rick-scott-launches-leadership-challenge-to-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">challenge<\/a> to McConnell in 2022. Scott had run two years ago after McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/10\/the-case-against-mitch-mcconnell-for-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">funneled<\/a> scarce campaign resources to win safe seats in the midterms while competitive candidates in key states were stripped of funding over their opposition to the incumbent Senate chief.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-484053efeed863d300ea2ca3bbf11b68 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-484053efeed863d300ea2ca3bbf11b68\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;This Republican team is united behind President Trump&rsquo;s agenda, and our work starts today,&rdquo; Thune <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenJohnThune\/status\/1856748892550832530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The South Dakota Republican, however, is effectively Mitch McConnell-lite, having acted as a top McConnell deputy in Senate leadership by <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/28\/republicans-who-backed-mcconnells-ukraine-boondoggle-dont-deserve-to-replace-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">championing<\/a> unlimited funding to Ukraine and displaying <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/12\/mcconnell-thune-join-bad-faith-dogpile-on-tuberville-for-fighting-militarys-taxpayer-funded-abortion-racket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">antagonism<\/a> toward bold activism from effective colleagues. In May, Thune was among several GOP senators who <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/28\/gop-senators-embrace-democrats-latest-scotus-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">embraced<\/a> one of the Democrats&rsquo; latest hoaxes against the Supreme Court when The New York Times painted Justice Samuel Alito as an extremist for supposedly flying an American flag in distress.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know how you explain that,&rdquo; Thune said of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alito-becomes-latest-target-in-anti-trump-lawfare-campaign-undermining-the-judiciary\/\" title=\"Alito Targeted in Anti-Trump Campaign Against Judiciary\">fabricated flag controversy<\/a> wherein Alito&rsquo;s wife flew a flag upside down at the couple&rsquo;s residence. <\/p>\n<p>Thune had also previously peddled <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1856747699296768023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leftist narratives<\/a> surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, including the myth that a U.S. Capitol Police officer had been bludgeoned to death, an assertion Thune failed to correct even when an independent medical examiner <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/04\/19\/report-officer-sicknick-died-of-natural-causes-discrediting-nyt-fire-extinguisher-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">determined<\/a> the officer died of natural causes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a57ee008c777fe1eb2cdb58145fb7419 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a57ee008c777fe1eb2cdb58145fb7419\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"p3\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kimberley &amp; I are heartbroken to learn that a U.S. Capitol Police officer has died heroically defending the Capitol against despicable violence. We&#8217;re praying for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fight-breaks-out-at-trump-campaign-office-opening-in-georgia-report-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Fight breaks out at Trump campaign office opening in Georgia: Report - Washington Examiner\">officer&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s family &amp; for all the members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CapitolPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CapitolPolice<\/a>, who are mourning the loss of their fellow officer.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator John Thune (@SenJohnThune) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJohnThune\/status\/1347541913633779713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Two days before the Senate Republican conference met to elect a new leader, journalist Julie Kelly highlighted Thune&rsquo;s record of promoting the Biden Justice Department&rsquo;s political prosecutions of Jan. 6 defendants.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As recently as this year,&rdquo; Kelly reported, &ldquo;Thune and Cornyn &mdash; neither of whom reached out to me to discuss J6 persecution &mdash; DEFENDED Merrick Garland and Matthew Graves[&lsquo;] ruthless pursuit of J6ers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We got a justice system and they&rsquo;re working through it,&rdquo; Thune had <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/4398808-gop-senators-slap-down-trump-on-jan-6-hostages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> reporters in January. In June, the Supreme Court concurred in part with Kelly&rsquo;s conclusion that the DOJ engaged in overreach in Jan. 6 cases when the high court <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/28\/supreme-court-tosses-obstruction-charges-for-j6-defendants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruled<\/a> that federal prosecutors could not charge defendants with felonies that carried decades of additional jail time under the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"zhJLuv47UeiOATQSRqVx29d5yXMmgN6Z0naFbkptKocjGlIY3DWCEBw\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As recently as this year, Thune and Cornyn&mdash;neither of whom reached out to me to discuss J6 persecution&mdash;DEFENDED Merrick Garland and Matthew Graves ruthless pursuit of J6ers<\/p>\n<p>No f*cking way should either lead the Senate. Imagine their interference in pardons\/investigations <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PMF2wfRMfP\">pic.twitter.com\/PMF2wfRMfP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Julie Kelly &#127482;&#127480; (@julie_kelly2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/julie_kelly2\/status\/1855996884248105087?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Thune was also one of the first prominent Republicans to demand Trump step down from the GOP ticket in 2016 immediately following the publication of the infamous Access Hollywood tape. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f58b782e1179ca6f8eee1aaedd388ec0 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f58b782e1179ca6f8eee1aaedd388ec0\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump should withdraw and Mike Pence should be our nominee effective immediately,&rdquo; Thune <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenJohnThune\/status\/784798261781598208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter the next day.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"UaEXlpsLJSzT4hRxWVe0un6jgOHvy9ftQDcGd23rMKBPikYoCA15Imq7\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donald Trump should withdraw and Mike Pence should be our nominee effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator John Thune (@SenJohnThune) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJohnThune\/status\/784798261781598208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Republican senator had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.argusleader.com\/story\/news\/2016\/07\/18\/thune-opts-out-republican-national-convention\/87244258\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-bolt-of-lightning-no-one-expected-fired-trump-appointee-pledges-to-sue-biden\/\" title=\"\u2018A Bolt Of Lightning No One Expected\u2019: Fired Trump Appointee Pledges To Sue Biden\">previously refused<\/a><\/a> to attend Trump&rsquo;s nominating convention that summer and used the tape from Access Hollywood as an excuse to call for Trump to withdraw from the race that fall.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-49f7d980d31efe087e93502906fec576 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-49f7d980d31efe087e93502906fec576\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. 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