Snakes In The Grass Against Trump

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It’s almost laughable—if it weren’t so dangerous—that Senators John Thune and John Cornyn are even being considered as potential candidates for Speaker of the House. These men are the embodiment of what Trump’s America-First movement has fought to leave behind: stale, career-driven, neoconservative politicians who wouldn’t know what the American people wanted if it hit them square in the face. Neither Thune nor Cornyn has the vision, mandate, or loyalty to represent a party that has overwhelmingly embraced Donald Trump and his America-First agenda. Trump is the one who has a mandate from the American people after winning a historic election, not these establishment figureheads who seem intent on dragging the party back to the days of big-government Republicanism.

Let’s be clear—Trump transformed the Republican Party. He brought millions of new voters into the fold, inspired a movement, and put America-First values on the national stage. When Americans voted for Trump, they voted for secure borders, trade policies that benefit American workers, and an end to endless foreign wars that drain our resources and our resolve. Thune and Cornyn represent none of this. They are products of the D.C. swamp—more interested in currying favor with the corporate elite and appeasing Democrats than standing up for the people who voted them into office.

A resurfaced video of Thune’s anti-Trump remarks exposes just how out of touch he truly is. Thune openly bashed Trump, saying, “If you look at the record, in 2018, 2020, and 2022, when he's the issue, we lose.” According to Thune, Trump himself is the problem, not the Democrats' policies, not the disillusionment of the American middle class, and certainly not the failure of establishment Republicans like himself. He went further, saying he “would rather have the issue be Biden and his policies,” and that “the way that you do that is you get a different nominee,” making it crystal clear that he wants nothing to do with Trump or his agenda.

This isn’t just tone-deaf; it’s an outright insult to the millions of Americans who still support Trump and everything he stands for. Thune’s comments show he’s more interested in preserving the cushy status quo of career politicians than fighting for the people. He and Cornyn are the GOP’s old guard, the so-called “moderates” who have no problem conceding ground to the left if it keeps them in good standing with the D.C. elite.

The reality is that Thune and Cornyn are more aligned with the big-government, pro-corporate wing of the Republican Party that prioritizes Wall Street and foreign interests over American workers. This wing of the party—the one that opposed Trump’s economic nationalism and hardline stance on immigration—is the very reason Trump’s America-First movement had to rise in the first place. The American people are tired of politicians who pay lip service to conservative values while cutting deals that sell out their constituents.

These are senators who have consistently buckled under pressure and, when given the choice, have prioritized “bipartisanship” over standing up to the radical policies of the Biden administration. Cornyn has frequently joined hands with Democrats on big-government policies, while Thune seems more concerned with distancing the GOP from Trump than defending the working-class Americans who are the backbone of this country.

Thune and Cornyn represent everything Trump’s election was a rejection of. They are the same establishment figures who would rather see the party revert to the days of Bush-era neoconservatism—where Republicans expanded government power, engaged in endless wars, and opened our borders to unchecked immigration. But this is not the Republican Party of the past; this is Trump’s Republican Party, and the mandate for change belongs to Trump and the America-First movement, not the old guard.

The GOP base made its stance clear in 2016 and has only doubled down since: they want leaders who will put America’s interests first, who will secure our borders, and who will promote policies that benefit American families, not foreign powers or corporate elites. Thune and Cornyn have made it equally clear that they are not those leaders. They are more interested in consolidating their own power than championing the issues that matter to Americans.

The idea that Thune or Cornyn could become Speaker is an affront to every American who voted for change. Trump holds the mandate from the American people, not these Washington insiders who have shown time and again that they would rather keep the GOP weak and “respectable” than strong and effective.

If the GOP wants to remain relevant and connected to its base, it’s time to reject Thune, Cornyn, and every other establishment Republican angling to water down Trump’s legacy. The future of the GOP lies in the hands of those who will champion the America-First agenda, not the politicians of yesterday who stand for nothing but maintaining their grip on power.