Thune: Trump’s targeting of Senate parliamentarian is ‘concerning’
Thune dismissed Trump’s call for Senate Republicans to fire the parliamentarian — whom then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) appointed in 2012 — but acknowledged that he’s not oblivious to the possibility that MacDonough could become a target. “I didn’t read it, so I need to look at it,” Thune said of Trump’s incendiary claim in a Truth Social post that the parliamentarian “has been brutal to Republicans, but not so to the Dumocrats.” “Obviously, it’s concerning when anybody gets targeted like that. But it’s, I guess, his opinion,” he said of Trump’s attacks on MacDonough.
- ▪Thune dismissed Trump’s call for Senate Republicans to fire the parliamentarian — whom then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) appointed in 2012 — but acknowledged that he’s not oblivious to the possibility that MacDonough could bec
- ▪“I didn’t read it, so I need to look at it,” Thune said of Trump’s incendiary claim in a Truth Social post that the parliamentarian “has been brutal to Republicans, but not so to the Dumocrats.” “Obviously, it’s concerning when anybody gets
- ▪But it’s, I guess, his opinion,” he said of Trump’s attacks on MacDonough.
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Senate Thune: Trump’s targeting of Senate parliamentarian is ‘concerning’ Comments: by Alexander Bolton - 05/20/26 1:36 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Alexander Bolton - 05/20/26 1:36 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said that President Trump’s harsh attacks on Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough are “concerning” if those salvos could make the Senate rules-keeper a political target and pose a security risk. Thune dismissed Trump’s call for Senate Republicans to fire the parliamentarian — whom then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) appointed in 2012 — but acknowledged that he’s not oblivious to the possibility that MacDonough could become a target.
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