{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.thune.senate.gov/news/press-releases/thune-joins-martha-maccallum-on-fox-news-the-brian-kilmeade-radio-show-and-the-hugh-hewitt-radio-show/", "Thune Joins Martha MacCallum on Fox News, The Brian Kilmeade Radio Show, and The Hugh Hewitt Radio Show", "2026-09-01", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "SD", "John Thune", "T000250", "www.thune.senate.gov", "thune", "https://www.thune.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Click here to watch Fox News, here to listen to Brian Kilmeade, and here to listen to Hugh Hewitt.\n\nWASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Martha MacCallum on Fox News, The Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox Radio, and The Hugh Hewitt Radio Show.\n\nOn Democrats embracing socialism:\n\n\u201cThe Democrats in this country, in many cases, have gone so far left \u2026 They\u2019ve embraced the socialist wing of their party, and that\u2019s going to put them completely out of the mainstream with the American people.\u201d\n\nOn the SAVE America Act:\n\n\u201cI\u2019m a cosponsor of the SAVE America Act. I was a cosponsor of that in the last session of Congress before it became popular \u2026 We\u2019ve had it voted on now six different times, Martha. Every single time, every single Democrat has voted against it.\n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t have the votes in the Senate to get rid of the legislative filibuster, which is the only way we can pass it at 51. Otherwise, it takes 60, meaning we have to have Democrats, and that\u2019s why we need to elect more Republicans to office, because the Democrats now, on six different occasions, have bloc-voted against photo ID, citizenship to vote \u2026 banning mail-in ballots, making sure that we don\u2019t have boys competing in girls\u2019 sports, and trans surgeries for minors.\n\n\u201cThat is the SAVE America Act in its totality. We voted on that. We voted on the individual pieces of it, now six times, and every single time the Democrats oppose it. So if you want to get it done, then make this an issue in the campaign. Go out and draw contrast with your Democrat opponent and elect more Republicans, and we can get the SAVE Act passed.\u201d\n\nOn Iran:\n\n\u201cI think all tools need to be on the table in terms of holding Iran and its proxies and its international supporters accountable for their actions.\n\n\u201cI applaud the administration for finding unconventional ways to achieve what is the underlying goal \u2026 I think the military objectives have been very clear there. I think we\u2019ve achieved those. Now the question is, we\u2019ve got to ensure that \u2026 the shipping lanes remain open, and that Iran isn\u2019t able to start stopping, blocking, and tolling people in an international waterway. And I think right now that\u2019s the administration\u2019s focus.\u201d", 1, "2026-09-15T09:50:21Z", "2026-09-15T09:52:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.thune.senate.gov/news/press-releases/thune-joins-martha-maccallum-on-fox-news-the-brian-kilmeade-radio-show-and-the-hugh-hewitt-radio-show/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8165300134569407, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}