{"id":3894,"date":"2026-07-27T21:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3894"},"modified":"2026-07-27T21:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:37:19","slug":"rooke-gop-leadership-infected-with-severe-electoral-dysfunction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3894","title":{"rendered":"ROOKE: GOP Leadership Infected With Severe Electoral Dysfunction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Republican leaders are demanding that everyone else, but them, do the job they were elected to handle. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3892\">Career Criminal Charged With Shooting, Killing Former NYPD Officer\u2019s Son<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford, both senior figures within the GOP, responded to legitimate pressure over stalled priorities by playing political theater. At the heart of this is a battle between GOP leadership and the American people who sent them to Washington, D.C., to fulfill their voter-mandated agenda. <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Daily Caller\u2019s White House correspondent Reagan Reese asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt if President Donald Trump\u2019s patience was wearing thin with Thune over the lack of legislative action on the SAVE Act. <\/p>\n<p>Leavitt responded, saying that not only is Trump\u2019s patience running out, but also that \u201cHe wants to see as much of the SAVE America Act passed as possible by the August recess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people elected Republicans overwhelmingly to lead not just this White House but also the House and the Senate. The House did its job. The Senate needs to do its job too,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>Thune responded like a petulant child, chastising Trump for calling out the Senate\u2019s inaction and even suggesting that Leavitt or \u201csomebody else,\u201d probably referring to Trump, should \u201cget on the phone and get the votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Maybe Thune has forgotten or just doesn\u2019t care to be in charge anymore. Still, it\u2019s the Senate Majority Leader\u2019s job to count votes, identify soft supporters, apply pressure, cut deals, schedule floor time, and move legislation. Lyndon B. Johnson understood this. Harry Reid understood this. Even Mitch McConnell, for all his flaws, understood the mechanics of floor management and caucus discipline. <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>Thune has repeatedly said he cannot get 50 votes for the SAVE Act. If that is true, the responsibility still rests with him to change the math. But instead of admitting that he doesn\u2019t have enough political will or power to get this extremely popular legislation over the line, he demands the White House do his job for him. <strong>(<\/strong><em><strong>Sign up for Mary Rooke\u2019s weekly newsletter here!<\/strong><\/em><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But this follows a familiar pattern in which the GOP under unified government has struggled to convert electoral success into legislative output. When Americans overwhelmingly gave Republicans control of Congress in 2024, the expectation would be that they would codify Trump\u2019s campaign promises. Things like mass deportations and border security, fixing the economy, rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse from the federal government were supposed to be priorities. Instead, these issues have moved slowly through Congress or not at all.<\/p>\n<p>When pressure mounts, the Republican default is to blame Democratic obstruction and even (hilariously) conservative media rather than admit they don\u2019t care about the voter mandate. The public is left watching a majority that appears more comfortable embracing legislative obstacles like a warm safety blanket than removing them and serving the people. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3890\">INGERSOLL: America\u2019s Grooming Gang Cover-Up Is Already Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You see this so clearly in Lankford\u2019s attack on conservative media when Fox Business host Larry Kudlow confronted Lankford over Republican inaction on air.<\/p>\n<p>Kudlow critiqued GOP leadership for \u201cbungling everything,\u201d producing no visible progress, lacking messaging, and having lost its \u201cswag, swagger, rizz.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou, the leadership in both houses, are bungling everything, Sir. I say that with all due respect, and we are personal friends. But you\u2019re bungling everything. Nothing is getting done. Your messaging is nonexistent. You\u2019ve lost your swag, your swagger, your rizz, or whatever the young people say. No one knows what the heck you\u2019re doing, Sir,\u201d Kudlow said to Lankford.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is part of the challenge we\u2019ve got with all of our media friends out there that continue to be able to beat up on Republicans and say, \u2018Republicans are all the problem.\u2019 But apparently, the socialist Democrats in New York City, they seem to be perfect because most conservative media right now is beating up on Republicans and just ignoring the socialists who are running rampant all over the country,\u201d Lankford responded. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The assertion that conservative media is ignoring socialist Democrats in New York City and elsewhere is simply false. Coverage of DSA-aligned candidates and their platforms has been extensive, sustained, and often harshly critical. <\/p>\n<p>The sheer audacity of Lankford blaming the utter failure of the GOP over the last two years on the media is incredible. Conservative media has no responsibility to play nice with elected Republicans. Left-wing media may be willing to trash their credibility in favor of protecting their political allies at all costs, but that is largely not true for conservatives who feel obligated to advocate for accountability. <\/p>\n<p>When a party controls the Legislative and Executive branches and still struggles to legislate based on voters\u2019 desires, scrutiny from its own media ecosystem is vitally necessary. Babying ineffective leadership and underperformance does not produce better results. If Lankford wants soft coverage, he should admit he\u2019s a Democrat and officially file to switch sides. <strong>(RELATED: Where Democrats Think They Can Flip The Senate: New Ad Money Shows The Map)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s become increasingly obvious that Thune, Lankford, and the broader GOP are seeking a boogeyman to deflect from their prolific impotence. Maybe what they really desire is to sit in a chair in the corner and watch others perform their core functions as a form of institutional self-diminishment. <\/p>\n<p>Regardless of what they are into, voters elected them to codify their mandate. Until Thune, Lankford, and their colleagues treat delivering on this as a non-delegable responsibility, the gap between Republican power and Republican performance will remain the defining story of this Congress. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3887\">Darline Graham Bucks John Thune, Says She\u2019ll Stay In Town Until SAVE America Act Passes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Mary Rooke on X: <\/em><em>@MaryRooke<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sign up for Mary Rooke\u2019s weekly newsletter here!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican leaders are demanding that everyone else, but them, do the job they were elected to handle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,3509,604,590,653,655,808,124,138],"class_list":["post-3894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-donald-trump","tag-james-lankford","tag-john-thune","tag-oklahoma","tag-save-act","tag-senate-republicans","tag-u-s-senate","tag-washington-d-c","tag-white-house"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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