John Thune: “This is about border funding. It’s about law enforcement, it’s about ICE and CBP. So I’m trying to, you know, keep it…”

It’s a great message. I like the message. But it shouldn’t be paid for with taxpayer dollars.

I worry about that, for sure.

That's why again I hope that the administration is laser-focused on trying to get the strait open, get the shipping lanes opened up, and help out with that global energy supply.

The only conclusion one can draw is that the Democrats have concluded that it is good politics for them not to allow the Republicans to ‘get a victory’ or the president to ‘get a victory’ in the middle of a political season.