Thune Joins Martha MacCallum on Fox News
“And I think that the Democrats, they’re clinging to this sort of ideological view that they have, and it’s completely out of step with the American people, and frankly, it’s completely out of step with what is just basic common sense.”
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Martha MacCallum on Fox News.
On the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act:
“I said this the other day: I’ve never seen a quicker abandonment of something that Democrats used to say they supported than their undermining of Title IX. And to me, it’s mind-blowing to think that something that is an 80 percent issue with the American people – and frankly, just a matter of common sense. I mean, having boys playing girls’ sports is not safe, it’s not fair. There is no level playing field then when it comes to women in sports, and it’s just flat wrong. And I think that the Democrats, they’re clinging to this sort of ideological view that they have, and it’s completely out of step with the American people, and frankly, it’s completely out of step with what is just basic common sense.”
On tariffs:
“What I’ve said is, and [President Trump] talked about reciprocal tariffs, and that we ought to be treated fairly, and I don’t disagree with that. I do know, as somebody who represents an agricultural state, how dependent we are upon export markets, and so I think as we think through these things, you’ve got to think through the implications and the impacts that ultimately tariffs are going to have on certain sectors of the economy. And, you know, you take a state like South Dakota, a huge amount of our exporting is to Canada or Mexico, and a huge amount of our importing is from Canada and Mexico. And so obviously we’re going to pay attention to that, and we want to ensure, as they go about this, they do it the right way.
“In my view, and I’ve said this before, I think this is a specific purpose he’s trying to accomplish. He’s trying to stop the flow of fentanyl into this country, and to get our two neighboring countries, Canada and Mexico, more engaged in helping stop it. And then, for that reason, I hope this is a temporary thing.”
On DOGE:
“[A]t the end of the day, what DOGE is doing is long overdue – I’ve said this before. We need this kind of a scrub of the federal government, and it does need to be updated, [and it] does need to be modernized. It needs to be made more efficient, and it needs to cost less. And I think that’s what the American people are demanding. That’s what this is designed to do.”
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When is DOGE going to look at nonessential spending? NASA was deemed 65% nonessential and yet DOGE, ahem Musk, is wanting to take over the contracts for the FAA with Starlink, cyber trucks for the army and replace NASA with SpaceX. When is our conservative, constitutional Senator going to stand up for essential services like education and healthcare and say something? I’d rather pay to help people in my community who have IEPs than line a billionaire’s pockets as he takes over our departments and destroys them like twitter. Maybe Thune isn’t much of a leader, certainly not for SD, that he pretends to be.
Yawn
Senator Thune I am so glad you suddenly have this focus on protecting women. Why are you not speaking about the Trump administration part in lifting the travel ban in Romania and bringing the Tate brothers to the USA? They are in Florida now. The Tate Brothers in their podcast promote violence against women where it has had a dangerous influence on boys and young men? They were charged with Sex trafficking in Romania.
Senator Thune why are you not working to oppose this action? Are the Tate Brothers another example of the party of family values? Interesting and disturbing story on Times Radio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ABF2xs2bMU
I believe the Florida AG has opened a criminal investigation on them.
“what DOGE is doing is long overdue – I’ve said this before. We need this kind of a scrub of the federal government” – This is the role of the legislative branch of government. To all those “donors” giving to John and others, take note, you apparently only need to pay off the executive branch now.
A termination of 78,000 employees of the VA is being made today. If all these employees are of no value to the VA and veteran’s health care, why did you permit their employment in the first place? You have been our US Senator for 20+ years now.
I didn’t realize John was the HR/Hiring Department for the VA. When did that go into effect?
The legislature controls the purse, or used to. I know this is a new concept for someone like you but the president doesn’t disperse our tax dollars because he’s not the king…yet
Uh, yes he does. Congress passes the budget and it is the Presidents constitutional duty to ensure the law is followed concerning that budget. That includes withholding funds that are being fraudulently dispersed and not withholding funds that were approved for dispersal because a vice president wants an investigator looking into his son’s employer fired.
No, try again.
Congress appropriates as funds authorized to be spent by every federal agency and department. I searched for any pronouncements Senator Thune has made about the VA being overstaffed. They don’t seem to exist.
When this segment began, the gaslighting caused a caged canary near my TV to expire.