Axios Goes Full Fangirl Over Weak, Uniparty GOP Senators
Axios Goes Full Fangirl Over Weak, Uniparty GOP Senators Stephen Kruiser | 6:41 PM on July 28, 2026 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana We have done a lot of complaining about Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-Some Dakota) this year, which he has very much deserved. The very insular Senate Republican good-old-boys club has yet to catch MAGA fever throughout its ranks, despite having had a decade to do so. Thune makes them feel comfortable in their weakness, and that becomes more problematic as we get closer to November's crucial midterms.
- ▪Axios Goes Full Fangirl Over Weak, Uniparty GOP Senators Stephen Kruiser | 6:41 PM on July 28, 2026 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana We have done a lot of complaining about Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-Some Dakota) this year, which he has
- ▪The very insular Senate Republican good-old-boys club has yet to catch MAGA fever throughout its ranks, despite having had a decade to do so.
- ▪Thune makes them feel comfortable in their weakness, and that becomes more problematic as we get closer to November's crucial midterms.
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Axios Goes Full Fangirl Over Weak, Uniparty GOP Senators Stephen Kruiser | 6:41 PM on July 28, 2026 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana We have done a lot of complaining about Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-Some Dakota) this year, which he has very much deserved. The very insular Senate Republican good-old-boys club has yet to catch MAGA fever throughout its ranks, despite having had a decade to do so. Thune makes them feel comfortable in their weakness, and that becomes more problematic as we get closer to November's crucial midterms. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); Thune is not without his supporters, though.
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