In a stunning overnight betrayal straight out of the RINO playbook, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and his band of spineless establishment Republicans just sold out ICE and America’s border security to Chuck Schumer’s radical Democrats, all so they could skip town for a two-week Easter recess.
Early Friday morning at 2:20 a.m., after a marathon session that reeked of sneaky backroom dealing, the Senate unanimously approved a voice-vote package to fund the Department of Homeland Security, except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and key parts of Customs and Border Protection.
Democrats flat-out refused to support full funding without gutting immigration raids and deportation operations.
“This could have been accomplished weeks ago if Republicans hadn’t stood in the way,” far-left Chuck Schumer said.
“Democrats held firm in our opposition that Donald Trump’s rogue and deadly militia should not get more funding without serious reforms, and we will continue to fight for those reforms,” Schumer added.
But instead of fighting for the full funding Americans demanded, and that President Trump has been hammering for, Thune and the Senate GOP folded in the dead of night, when no one was watching. Classic RINO tactics.
House GOP leadership didn’t hold back.
Majority Whip Tom Emmer made it crystal clear that what the Senate pulled was unacceptable and blasted the shady process behind the deal.
Whip Emmer:
“Well, actually, I’ll start out with this: our speaker is very unhappy. I’m not happy. Our whole leadership group—what the Senate did was frankly not right.
We are going to make sure that border is funded. This is about making sure that President Trump’s number one promise—that the border was going to be secure—is upheld. He’s accomplished, with Republican leadership, incredible things with the southern border. It has never been as tight as it is right now.
But we are not going to allow these radical, anarchist, Marxist, socialist Democrats to literally stop or create an open-border situation again like we experienced under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
And we are going to make sure that we continue to deport criminal illegal aliens. This is what Americans want.”
Stuart Varney:
“If there is a ‘no’ vote in the House today, does that mean that the Senate has to come back to do it all over again?”
Whip Emmer:
“The House will have a solution—that’s as much as I can tell you. There will be more on that very shortly.
I think the leadership team, with the speaker, has been working through this again. They did this at 3 in the morning, Stuart, instead of doing it in the light of day when all of America can watch what’s going on. They made this procedural move early in the morning.
By the way, it sets dangerous precedents going forward. If you can take appropriations bills and start removing pieces that you don’t like, this will never end.
So we’re working through it in the House. We will have a solution, and the speaker will announce it—hopefully within the next hour or so.”
WATCH:
HOLY CRAP! Speaker Johnson and Whip Tom Emmer are FURIOUS with what the Senate GOP did with the DHS funding deal, which omits ICE
The Senate might have to COME BACK.
“They did this at 3 IN THE MORNING!”
“Our speaker is VERY unhappy, I’M not happy! Our whole leadership.”… pic.twitter.com/tmfOXNC7hW
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 27, 2026
Meanwhile, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) said Friday that he is optimistic the measure will pass, expressing hope that it could be completed as soon as today during an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box.
“I think we’re gonna pass it. I hope we can get it done today… There’s a rule that would need to be waived. I think we should in these exigent circumstances.”
Florida Rep. Randy Fine didn’t mince words on X, torching Thune for ditching Washington while the SAVE America Act gets left in the dust:
“Looks like Leader John Thune is on his way out of town with his private escort, as the SAVE America Act gets left behind. This is very disappointing. I am willing to stay in Washington as long as it takes to get the job done.”
WATCH:
Looks like Leader John Thune is on his way out of town with his private escort, as the SAVE America Act gets left behind.
This is very disappointing.
I am willing to stay in Washington as long as it takes to get the job done. pic.twitter.com/NLg4xEJRdg
— Congressman Randy Fine (@RepFine) March 27, 2026
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