{"id":1580,"date":"2026-07-23T20:38:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1580"},"modified":"2026-07-23T20:38:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:38:41","slug":"john-thune-lashes-out-at-karoline-leavitt-after-she-says-patience-is-wearing-thin-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1580","title":{"rendered":"John Thune Lashes Out At Karoline Leavitt After She Says \u2018Patience Is Wearing Thin\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) lashed out at White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday after she said the president\u2019s \u201cpatience is running out\u201d over the failure to pass the SAVE America Act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1579\">EXCLUSIVE: Member Of Indian Tribe Admits To Orchestrating Deadly Border Smuggling Scheme<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The back-and-forth began with a question from The Daily Caller\u2019s Reagan Reese during the White House briefing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLook, the president spoke about this directly yesterday. His patience is running out. He wants to see as much of the SAVE America [Act] passed as possible by the August recess,\u201d Leavitt said to reporters. \u201cThe American people elected overwhelmingly Republicans 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<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A few miles away on Capitol Hill, Thune fired back, telling the White House to pick up the phone and whip the votes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWell, maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right? It\u2019s 50 around here. And, so, instead of pointing the finger at Republicans, they might think about going after the people who are stopping it on the floor, which is the Democrats,\u201d Thune <\/span><span>told<\/span><span> reporters in the halls of the Senate Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd if there are Republicans that they think are gettable, get on the phone,\u201d he added. \u201cLet\u2019s get them to \u2018yes.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>THUNE: \u201cWell, maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right? It\u2019s 50 around here. And, so, instead of pointing the finger at Republicans, they might think about going after the people who are stopping it on the floor, which is the Democrats. And if\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/lRL2Yl0Pd9<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) July 23, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>It\u2019s the latest escalation after Trump on Wednesday ramped up his pressure campaign against Thune, urging supporters to flood his office with calls demanding action on the popular election security legislation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe have to pass the SAVE America Act to defend American elections. And I have to say, Mike Johnson and Congress have done a great job, but we\u2019re having a hard time in the Senate,\u201d Trump said at a <\/span><span>rally<\/span><span> in Georgia. \u201cIt\u2019s like the Senate is a place where you send things when you want them to die.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1576\">John Thune Lashes Out At Karoline Leavitt After She Says \u2018Patience Is Wearing Thin\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to take this any longer \u2026 I\u2019m trying to be nice,\u201d Trump added. \u201cEverybody call John Thune at the Senate. He\u2019s the leader of the Republican party, and tell him to get this stuff approved!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump also renewed his call to eliminate the filibuster, arguing Democrats would quickly abolish the 60-vote threshold themselves if they regain power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Democrats are going to terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance, and then they\u2019re going to approve Puerto Rico and D.C. as a state. They got four more senators. They\u2019re going to end up with 12 more congressmen. They\u2019re going to get like 40 electoral votes,\u201d the president said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump\u2019s remarks came hours after the House passed a third version of the election integrity measure by attaching it to the GOP-backed Stop Insider Trading Act, legislation that would ban members of Congress from buying and selling stocks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The combined bill passed 232-198, with 13 Democrats joining Republicans to advance the measure, marking the first congressional stock-trading ban to receive a House floor vote, <\/span><span>The Daily Wire reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Frustration with Thune isn\u2019t limited to the White House. House Republicans who have repeatedly passed the legislation have also grown increasingly vocal about the Senate\u2019s inaction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf John Thune has shown that he does not want to put the SAVE America Act on the Senate floor, he should step aside,\u201d Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) <\/span><span>said<\/span><span> on social media. \u201cThere are plenty of other options in the Senate capable of securing our elections as Majority Leader.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1574\">Karoline Leavitt Rips Leftist Backlash To Sophie Cunningham\u2019s Trans Sports Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) lashed out at White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday after she said the president\u2019s \u201cpatience is running out\u201d over the failure to pass the SAVE America Act.The back-and-forth began with a question from The Daily Caller\u2019s Reagan Reese during the White House briefing.\u201cLook, the president spoke about this directly yesterday. His patience is running out. He wants to see as much of the SAVE America [Act] passed as possible by the August recess,\u201d Leavitt said to reporters. \u201cThe American people elected overwhelmingly Republicans 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.\u201dA few miles away on Capitol Hill, Thune fired back, telling the White House to pick up the phone and whip the votes.\u00a0\u201cWell, maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right? It\u2019s 50 around here. And, so, instead of pointing the finger at Republicans, they might think about going after the people who are stopping it on the floor, which is the Democrats,\u201d Thune told reporters in the halls of the Senate Thursday.\u201cAnd if there are Republicans that they think are gettable, get on the phone,\u201d he added. \u201cLet\u2019s get them to \u2018yes.\u2019\u201dTHUNE: \u201cWell, maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right? It\u2019s 50 around here. And, so, instead of pointing the finger at Republicans, they might think about going after the people who are stopping it on the floor, which is the Democrats. And if\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/lRL2Yl0Pd9\u2014 Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) July 23, 2026It\u2019s the latest escalation after Trump on Wednesday ramped up his pressure campaign against Thune, urging supporters to flood his office with calls demanding action on the popular election security legislation.\u00a0\u201cWe have to pass the SAVE America Act to defend American elections. And I have to say, Mike Johnson and Congress have done a great job, but we\u2019re having a hard time in the Senate,\u201d Trump said at a rally in Georgia. \u201cIt\u2019s like the Senate is a place where you send things when you want them to die.\u201d\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re not going to take this any longer \u2026 I\u2019m trying to be nice,\u201d Trump added. \u201cEverybody call John Thune at the Senate. He\u2019s the leader of the Republican party, and tell him to get this stuff approved!\u201dTrump also renewed his call to eliminate the filibuster, arguing Democrats would quickly abolish the 60-vote threshold themselves if they regain power.\u201cThe Democrats are going to terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance, and then they\u2019re going to approve Puerto Rico and D.C. as a state. They got four more senators. They\u2019re going to end up with 12 more congressmen. They\u2019re going to get like 40 electoral votes,\u201d the president said.\u00a0Trump\u2019s remarks came hours after the House passed a third version of the election integrity measure by attaching it to the GOP-backed Stop Insider Trading Act, legislation that would ban members of Congress from buying and selling stocks.The combined bill passed 232-198, with 13 Democrats joining Republicans to advance the measure, marking the first congressional stock-trading ban to receive a House floor vote, The Daily Wire reported.\u00a0Frustration with Thune isn\u2019t limited to the White House. House Republicans who have repeatedly passed the legislation have also grown increasingly vocal about the Senate\u2019s inaction.\u201cIf John Thune has shown that he does not want to put the SAVE America Act on the Senate floor, he should step aside,\u201d Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) said on social media. \u201cThere are plenty of other options in the Senate capable of securing our elections as Majority Leader.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>John Thune Lashes Out At Karoline Leavitt After She Says \u2018Patience Is Wearing Thin\u2019 - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1580\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John Thune Lashes Out At Karoline Leavitt After She Says \u2018Patience Is Wearing Thin\u2019 - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) lashed out at White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday after she said the president\u2019s \u201cpatience is running out\u201d over the failure to pass the SAVE America Act.The back-and-forth began with a question from The Daily Caller\u2019s Reagan Reese during the White House briefing.\u201cLook, the president spoke about this directly yesterday. His patience is running out. He wants to see as much of the SAVE America [Act] passed as possible by the August recess,\u201d Leavitt said to reporters. \u201cThe American people elected overwhelmingly Republicans 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.\u201dA few miles away on Capitol Hill, Thune fired back, telling the White House to pick up the phone and whip the votes.\u00a0\u201cWell, maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right? It\u2019s 50 around here. And, so, instead of pointing the finger at Republicans, they might think about going after the people who are stopping it on the floor, which is the Democrats,\u201d Thune told reporters in the halls of the Senate Thursday.\u201cAnd if there are Republicans that they think are gettable, get on the phone,\u201d he added. \u201cLet\u2019s get them to \u2018yes.\u2019\u201dTHUNE: \u201cWell, maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right? It\u2019s 50 around here. And, so, instead of pointing the finger at Republicans, they might think about going after the people who are stopping it on the floor, which is the Democrats. And if\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/lRL2Yl0Pd9\u2014 Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) July 23, 2026It\u2019s the latest escalation after Trump on Wednesday ramped up his pressure campaign against Thune, urging supporters to flood his office with calls demanding action on the popular election security legislation.\u00a0\u201cWe have to pass the SAVE America Act to defend American elections. And I have to say, Mike Johnson and Congress have done a great job, but we\u2019re having a hard time in the Senate,\u201d Trump said at a rally in Georgia. \u201cIt\u2019s like the Senate is a place where you send things when you want them to die.\u201d\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re not going to take this any longer \u2026 I\u2019m trying to be nice,\u201d Trump added. \u201cEverybody call John Thune at the Senate. He\u2019s the leader of the Republican party, and tell him to get this stuff approved!\u201dTrump also renewed his call to eliminate the filibuster, arguing Democrats would quickly abolish the 60-vote threshold themselves if they regain power.\u201cThe Democrats are going to terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance, and then they\u2019re going to approve Puerto Rico and D.C. as a state. They got four more senators. They\u2019re going to end up with 12 more congressmen. They\u2019re going to get like 40 electoral votes,\u201d the president said.\u00a0Trump\u2019s remarks came hours after the House passed a third version of the election integrity measure by attaching it to the GOP-backed Stop Insider Trading Act, legislation that would ban members of Congress from buying and selling stocks.The combined bill passed 232-198, with 13 Democrats joining Republicans to advance the measure, marking the first congressional stock-trading ban to receive a House floor vote, The Daily Wire reported.\u00a0Frustration with Thune isn\u2019t limited to the White House. House Republicans who have repeatedly passed the legislation have also grown increasingly vocal about the Senate\u2019s inaction.\u201cIf John Thune has shown that he does not want to put the SAVE America Act on the Senate floor, he should step aside,\u201d Rep. 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His patience is running out. He wants to see as much of the SAVE America [Act] passed as possible by the August recess,\u201d Leavitt said to reporters. \u201cThe American people elected overwhelmingly Republicans 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.\u201dA few miles away on Capitol Hill, Thune fired back, telling the White House to pick up the phone and whip the votes.\u00a0\u201cWell, maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right? It\u2019s 50 around here. And, so, instead of pointing the finger at Republicans, they might think about going after the people who are stopping it on the floor, which is the Democrats,\u201d Thune told reporters in the halls of the Senate Thursday.\u201cAnd if there are Republicans that they think are gettable, get on the phone,\u201d he added. \u201cLet\u2019s get them to \u2018yes.\u2019\u201dTHUNE: \u201cWell, maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right? It\u2019s 50 around here. And, so, instead of pointing the finger at Republicans, they might think about going after the people who are stopping it on the floor, which is the Democrats. And if\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/lRL2Yl0Pd9\u2014 Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) July 23, 2026It\u2019s the latest escalation after Trump on Wednesday ramped up his pressure campaign against Thune, urging supporters to flood his office with calls demanding action on the popular election security legislation.\u00a0\u201cWe have to pass the SAVE America Act to defend American elections. And I have to say, Mike Johnson and Congress have done a great job, but we\u2019re having a hard time in the Senate,\u201d Trump said at a rally in Georgia. \u201cIt\u2019s like the Senate is a place where you send things when you want them to die.\u201d\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re not going to take this any longer \u2026 I\u2019m trying to be nice,\u201d Trump added. \u201cEverybody call John Thune at the Senate. 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They\u2019re going to get like 40 electoral votes,\u201d the president said.\u00a0Trump\u2019s remarks came hours after the House passed a third version of the election integrity measure by attaching it to the GOP-backed Stop Insider Trading Act, legislation that would ban members of Congress from buying and selling stocks.The combined bill passed 232-198, with 13 Democrats joining Republicans to advance the measure, marking the first congressional stock-trading ban to receive a House floor vote, The Daily Wire reported.\u00a0Frustration with Thune isn\u2019t limited to the White House. House Republicans who have repeatedly passed the legislation have also grown increasingly vocal about the Senate\u2019s inaction.\u201cIf John Thune has shown that he does not want to put the SAVE America Act on the Senate floor, he should step aside,\u201d Rep. 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