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Thune May Invoke ‘Nuclear Option’ to Break Schumer’s Block on Trump’s Judicial Nominees

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune may invoke the ‘nuclear option’ to break Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer’s block on President Trump’s judicial nominees.

As previously reported, after blocking President Trump’s recess appointments, Senate Majority Leader John Thune last Tuesday said the Senate may change the rules to confirm the backlog of President Trump’s judicial nominees.

In July President Trump called on Thune to cancel August recess to get his judicial nominees confirmed.

“Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off our many victories over the past two weeks and, indeed, 6 months, will cancel August recess (and long weekends!), in order to get my incredible nominees confirmed. We need them badly!!! DJT” Trump said in July.

Thune did not cancel the August recess.

Last month Thune unveiled a procedural scheme to block President Trump from making any critical appointments during the August recess, effectively aiding the Democrats’ obstructionist agenda.

Thune quietly secured unanimous‑consent for a paper‑thin Senate schedule through the Trump appointee confirmation deadline, ensuring only pro forma sessions on five key dates in early August.

After pulling off this stunt, Thune is back from recess and now says he is ready to confirm the backlog of Trump’s nominees.

“If Democrats continue to drag out the confirmation of every single one of the nominations of a duly elected president, then we are going to have to take steps to get this process back on a reasonable footing,” Thune said from the Senate floor last Tuesday.

After refusing to work through the August recess, Thune may invoke the ‘nuclear option.’

The Daily Caller reported:

Senate Republicans are on the verge of breaking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s stranglehold over the confirmation process, ending seven months of unprecedented obstruction that has sought to prevent President Donald Trump from staffing his administration.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is expected to invoke the rarely-used “nuclear option” to reform Senate rules allowing for the simultaneous confirmation of lower-level executive branch nominees as early as Monday, a senior Republican aide told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The historic rules change could grant the more than 100 civilian nominees who have been blocked from their postings due to Democrats’ persistent delay tactics a swift confirmation vote before the Senate is scheduled to go on recess on Sept. 19.

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WATCH: Trashy Rep. Jasmine Crockett Says She’s Not ‘Necessarily’ Encouraging Her Supporters to Hurt Republicans in Wake of Charlie Kirk Assassination, White House Responds

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Trashy Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett is doubling down on her inflammatory rhetoric against President Donald Trump, claiming that calling him a “wannabe Hitler” doesn’t “necessarily” mean she wants her supporters to go out and hurt Republicans.

This outrageous statement came during a discussion on Friday’s episode of “The Breakfast Club” regarding the assassination of conservative powerhouse Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, who was gunned down on Wednesday during an event at Utah Valley University.

Crockett dismissed any notion that far-left demonization of conservatives, like her own repeated Hitler comparisons, played a role in Kirk’s murder.

Instead, she shamelessly accused Trump of promoting a “culture of violence” with past comments like saying he could “shoot somebody in the middle of the street” and still win elections, or allegedly telling rally-goers to “beat them up.”

“Even if it came from someone on our side of the aisle, let’s assume the worst, OK, so let’s talk about it,” Crockett said. “Let’s talk about what ‘radicalized’ him.”

The Texas politician continued, “So, we’ve got to talk about like what it means when you’re running for president, or you’re running for one of these higher offices, and you go out there and you talk about beating people up, you go out there and you say things like, ‘I could shoot somebody in the middle of the street in New York and I could still win.’”

“We got to talk about, like that, that is next level,” she stated. “Me disagreeing with you, me calling you, you know, ‘wannabe Hitler,’ all those things are like, not necessarily saying, ‘Go out and hurt somebody.’ But when you’re literally telling people at rallies, ‘Yeah, beat them up’ and that kind of stuff, you are promoting a culture of violence.”

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson responded to the alarming comments in a statement to the New York Post.

“What on earth did Jasmine Crockett mean when she said she wasn’t ‘necessarily’ encouraging her supporters to hurt Republicans? It sure sounds like she’s justifying political violence,” Jackson said. “She needs to clarify this immediately. Her comments are not only deeply troubling, but they only serve to further divide and radicalize her left-wing supporters – and it’s despicable that she would try and point fingers at President Trump for the assassination of his dear friend, Charlie Kirk.”

Family and friends of the accused assassin described Robinson as “full of hate” before the shooting, according to law enforcement.

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Victor Reacts: The Left Is Using an Example of Violence Against Conservatives to Disarm Conservatives (VIDEO)

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The left is attempting to use the assassination of Charlie Kirk as a justification to violate the Second Amendment.

Like clockwork they cannot help but to shamelessly weaponize every tragedy.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seemed to blame Kirk and other republicans for defending gun rights.

Think about the insanity of that. Using a horrific example of political violence against a conservative as a way to disarm conservatives.

Democrats are doing everything in their power to blame anyone but themselves. They refuse to accept that years of dehumanizing and vilifying conservatives as fascists, nazis, threats to democracy, and more has radicalized their followers.

The Gateway Pundit reported,

It was the fault of a killer who decided to take a life.

To use his murder as evidence that America should disarm is to ignore both reality and history.

Tyranny thrives when citizens are defenseless. Kirk himself often reminded young audiences that the right to bear arms is what ensures all of our other freedoms. Taking that away would not make America safer—it would make us weaker.

Instead of exploiting this loss, we should be asking how to honor Kirk’s legacy. He believed in equipping young people to think critically, to defend their values, and to stand strong in the face of opposition.

This example of horrible violence is a reason for Americans to stand strong in defense of the Second Amendment to protect themselves from those who would harm them for their political opinions.

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President Trump Called Utah Governor Cox After His Grandstanding When Announcing Charlie Kirk’s Assassin

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President Trump called Utah Governor Cox immediately after the presser took place in Utah where the capture of the Charlie Kirk assassin was announced. 

On Friday, Utah Governor Spencer Cox made himself the most important person in the room as he announced that “We Got Him”.

Governor Cox decided he would answer questions on the assassin’s surrender rather that the Head of the FBI Kash Patel, and then he messed that up saying later that day that the killer worked alone. Cox should have stayed out of it as he now looks like a fool in many ways.

This is not unexpected.  We knew Cox had a terrible record, even Charlie Kirk himself called for Cox’s resigning. Then as we reported changed GOP rules and inserted himself back into the governor’s mansion in 2024 anyways.

SHAME: Utah’s GOP Governor Cox Used Friday Morning’s National Broadcast to Grandstand and Promote Himself

Bannon called out Governor Cox as well.

The Atlantic reported that immediately after the presser where Governor Cox exclaimed “We Got Him!”, Governor Cox received a call from the President of the United States.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) received a phone call from none other than President Donald Trump moments after the governor spoke to reporters about the arrest of a suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

The President apparently shared per far-left Atlantic that these people are killers.

“You know, the type of person who would do something like that to Charlie Kirk would love to do it to us,” Cox says Trump told him. Trump went on to recite statistics suggesting that the presidency was “one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet.” Fifteen percent of the men who’d held his office had been shot; 8 percent had been killed.

Governor Cox tried to push peace after the radical, violent, and murderous left just assassinated American great Charlie Kirk.

America and Trump want justice and then we can talk about civility with all of America. 

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