Total Surrender: Do-Nothing John Thune Elected Senate Minority Leader In Secret Vote

He ran unopposed despite the groundswell o fopposition against this two-faced do nothing sabatuer.

And this, gentle readers, is why the Republicans took such a drubbing last week.

Why is the vote a secret? We want to know who voted for this turncoat. Who were the 15 were who voted against Thune and his team, and who were the thrity one who voted for him?

And that is why we lost the election. https://t.co/2culuK03Ra

— Pamela Geller (@PamelaGeller) November 10, 2026

I loathe this POS loser.

I can’t be the only one. https://t.co/Uwg7PWQQ1M

— Catturd (@catturd2) November 11, 2026

BREAKING: Sen. Majority Leader John Thune has been re-elected by Senate Republicans and will serve as Senate Minority Leader in the new Congress when Dems take power. Senators Barrasso, Cotton, Capito, and Lankford have all also been re-elected to their positions. Sen. Bernie…

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) November 10, 2026

HOLY CRAP! — Speaker Mike Johnson reveals there are OVER 700+ pieces of legislation waiting for the SENATE TO VOTE ON THEM.

SEN. JOHN THUNE IS A FAILURE!

“In the 119th Congress, the House Republicans led in the majority. We have passed 1,000 measures out of the House.”… pic.twitter.com/DxTuBnWn6A

— The Patriot Oasis (@ThePatriotOasis) November 10, 2026

UNBELIEVABLE. Just one week after losing the Senate, Republicans are letting John Thune walk in UNOPPOSED for Minority Leader today.
Seven GOP senators begged to delay the vote until January, but the establishment ignored them.
No fight. No spine. Total establishment…

— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) November 10, 2026

UNBELIEVABLE: Senate Republicans just reelected John Thune as Leader

He faced no challenger. There were no opposition votes

We have been completely sold again. We need a new party. We are all so sick of the worthless do nothing Republican Uniparty pic.twitter.com/jExvtKoYAZ

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) November 10, 2026

John Thune Elected Senate Minority Leader as GOP Weighs Election Losses

Newsweek, November 11, 2026 at 5:22 AM EST

Senate Republicans reelected John Thune of South Dakota as their leader Tuesday, meaning the uncontested incumbent will serve as Senate minority leader when the new Congress convenes in January following the GOP’s midterm losses on November 3.

“If you hold the election, I’ll leave the room,” he told the Washington Examiner in a Monday interview. “I’m not going to participate in elections for leadership tomorrow.”

To delay internal elections, which are cast by secret ballot, Johnson will need support from a majority of the Senate GOP conference.
The Wisconsin Republican has been floated as a potential replacement for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) for when Democrats take control of the Senate in January, as some conservatives air frustration with Thune’s leadership.

Johnson, who has denied his interest in leadership in the past, again shot down the prospect on Monday, but he did not definitively rule it out.

“I don’t think so,” he told the Examiner. “It’s not my intention. I don’t want to be leader.”

The senator added that his request for a conference meeting was not a “hostile act” and was only intended to give the GOP the time to assess whether they wanted a change in leadership.

“We all like John Thune. We like him, OK?” Johnson said. “I don’t want to say anything bad about him, but again, at some point in time, our supporters absolutely believe we have to hold people accountable, and probably are looking for a new face, or new faces.”

Thune told reporters Monday he was anticipating a “very engaged conversation” at the Tuesday conference meeting.