Things are at a standstill…
During a Sunday evening Truth Social post, President Donald Trump alleged that Senate Democrats are possibly delaying his nominees in exchange for money.
In the post, Trump accused Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) of slowing down the confirmations of more than 150 executive nominees.
“Democrats, lead[sic] by Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, are slow walking my Nominees, more than 150 of them. They wanted us to pay, originally, two billion dollars for approvals. The Dems are CRAZED LUNATICS!!!” the post read.
He implied that Democrats were leveraging the process to extract funding agreements — a tactic his associates have described as “political extortion.”
Historically, nominees have been confirmed unanimously or by voice vote quickly, but Senate Dems have been reportedly forcing roll-call votes on many of the current nominees.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) met with Schumer recently to discuss an offer during ongoing negotiations, but they have not readdressed it directly since choosing to communicate through intermediaries, according to Thune.
Thune told Fox News that not much progress was being made as “the Dems are dug in on a position that’s just not working.”
Sounds like President Trump needs to smack down Thune. These RINO Republicans are as bad or worse that the Democrats. It is time to replace Thune with someone who knows how to work for MAGA.