An Insider

Clint is an insider. Senator Thune betrayed the entire institution of the United States Senate. https://t.co/QJtn9MhOYD

— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) March 28, 2026

… about Dems.)

If you’re a staffer watching your email at that hour (some were!) you had to request the language of the bill. Track down leadership staff to find out how quickly this is moving. Try to read and understand it quickly. Understand how it changed from the original. Get your boss on the phone and explain it. Talk to other staffers to figure out if there’s a coalition to block it — they don’t know — their boss is trying to decide what to do too. Whoops, your one hour is up, the bill is passing and nothing you can do.

Purposefully sneaky. They can do this kind of maneuver to not fund immigration enforcement. They would never dream of doing it for your priorities.

The hotline request was at 1am. No one knew it was coming. How many staff would see it and have time to get with their boss to set the wheels in motion? A LOT has to happen logistically in a short window at an inaccessible hour. pic.twitter.com/8ymBwRIzPK

— Clint Brown (@DissidentClint) March 28, 2026

They don’t do that anymore. Absence of objection = unanimous consent.

— Clint Brown (@DissidentClint) March 28, 2026