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Thune Flubs SAVE America Act, Flees for 5-Week Break

Does Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., secretly want Republicans to lose the midterm elections? 

Rather than pass the SAVE America Act and other key legislation, the majority “leader” adjourned the Senate for a 36-day break. SAVE’s absence makes Capitol Hill even steeper to climb, if Republicans hope to maintain control after November.

Thune’s less-than-flaccid “leadership” rivals his lassitude. His work ethic lags that of a Skid Row panhandler. It takes real energy to rattle a tin cup all day long. Too bad Thune lacks such stamina.

“The Democrats bear a fair share of the blame for being the obstacle Thune has to overcome,” observed Cleta Mitchell, senior legal fellow with the Conservative Partnership Institute. “They shouldn’t get a pass.”

Mitchell is right. If Democrats did not despise every Republican election-integrity venture as viscerally as vampires loathe garlic, Thune might have passed SAVE already. But Democrat ferocity is a given. Thune’s job is, somehow, to find enough mallets and wooden stakes to neutralize the Senate’s Dracula Caucus. This is where Thune’s listlessness and lack of imagination aggravate Republicans.

“Thune is an empty suit when it comes to figuring out how to navigate the Senate,” Mitchell adds. “It’s shocking how poor a leader he is. He really does not have a creative bone in his body.”

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