Senate Majority Leader John Thune is already showing his true RINO colors, rejecting President Trump's bold proposal to bring federal oversight to elections in 15 problematic states where voting irregularities have plagued American democracy for years.
Trump's suggestion that Republicans should "take over voting" in states with questionable election practices represents exactly the kind of decisive leadership patriots voted for. But instead of backing his own party's president, Thune immediately shot down the idea and had the audacity to compare Trump to Democrats who previously pushed federal election control.
"We believe in federalism," Thune told reporters, apparently forgetting that federalism doesn't mean turning a blind eye when states fail to protect the most fundamental right in our republic - the right to free and fair elections.
"This is exactly why the establishment GOP keeps losing to Democrats," said one America First activist. "We finally have a president willing to fight for election integrity, and the Senate leadership wants to play patty-cake with the same broken system."
The reality is that Trump's proposal addresses what millions of Americans witnessed in 2020 and beyond - states with loose verification standards, ballot harvesting schemes, and election processes that would make third-world dictators blush. While Democrats spent years trying to federalize elections through their partisan "voting rights" bills, Trump is proposing federal oversight to ensure ACTUAL election security.
But Thune, comfortable in his establishment bubble, apparently sees no difference between Democrat power grabs and Republican efforts to restore faith in our electoral system. This is the same weak-kneed thinking that allowed election irregularities to fester while GOP leaders wrung their hands about "norms."
Patriots didn't give Republicans control of Congress to maintain the status quo. They voted for fighters who would stand with Trump to drain the swamp and fix our broken systems - including elections that half of America no longer trusts.
The question now is whether Thune will continue obstructing the America First agenda, or if he'll remember which party actually put him in the majority leader's chair. Spoiler alert: it wasn't the Democrats he's apparently so eager to appease.