GOP Leader Warns Federal Workers and Soldiers Will Be ‘Getting Thanksgiving Dinner From a Food Bank’ in Scorching Speech

David Gilmour Nov 6th, 2025, 11:10 am

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) warned Thursday that federal workers and military families would be “getting Thanksgiving dinner from a food bank” if the government shutdown continues, blasting “far left” Democrats threatening party colleagues in the Senate not to cave.

As the ongoing government shutdown entered its 37th day, extending its record as the longest shutdown in U.S. history, Thune took to the Senate floor for a scorching speech citing an anonymous House Democrat’s comments to Axios from one day prior.

Insisting that Republicans were “100% willing to sit down and talk” and accusing Democrats of “holding

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