Glenn Beck Tells Trump To Get John Thune's 'A*S Back' To DC As Senate Skips Town Amid DHS Funding Battle
Beck urged Trump to bring Thune and other senators back to Washington during the partial DHS shutdown.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYThe Daily Caller is an established national outlet with named authors, but its partisan orientation calls for some caution. This short report attributes Beck’s statements, though it offers limited independent sourcing or response from the people criticized.
- Source type — An established national outlet, though politically partisan.
- Editorial standards — The article is presented as news and attributes its central quotations, but provides limited corroboration.
- Author attribution — A named author is listed.
- Source selection — The report relies heavily on Beck’s remarks and includes little response from those criticized.
The article provides specific details about the Senate funding plan, the shutdown and its reported effects. Its account relies heavily on Beck’s remarks and offers little response from Thune or other opposing perspectives.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article gives substantial space to Beck’s criticism and briefly notes Johnson’s objection to the Senate plan. It does not include a response from Thune or a fuller account of the reasoning behind the Senate’s approach.
- Source diversity — The central argument comes from Beck; there is little direct perspective from other sides.
- Counterarguments presented — Johnson’s criticism of the Senate plan appears, but no defense of the plan is offered.
- Omitted context — The article gives limited explanation of negotiations or the Senate’s rationale.
- Opinion vs reporting — The story is reported as news, with Beck’s charged claims attributed to him.
The report centers a conservative host’s criticism of Thune and Senate Republicans and foregrounds claims that they are obstructing Trump’s agenda. The language is mostly attributed, but the framing and source selection tilt right.
- Source selection — Beck’s criticism receives extensive quotation, with little opposing response.
- Headline — Uses Beck’s profane demand to frame the story around pressure on Thune.
- Framing — Presents the dispute through a conservative critique of Senate Republicans’ handling of Trump’s agenda.
Glenn Beck urged President Donald Trump to bring Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other senators back to Washington during the partial DHS shutdown. The dispute centers on a Senate funding plan that excluded funds for ICE and some CBP operations.
Beck called on Trump to use his executive authority to reconvene the Senate, accusing Thune and Senate Republicans of obstructing Trump’s agenda. The Senate had unanimously approved DHS funding without money for ICE and some CBP operations, while the House plan drew criticism from Speaker Mike Johnson. Neither chamber was scheduled to return until April 13.
The partial shutdown began February 14 amid disputes over immigration enforcement demands. The article says hundreds of TSA agents quit after working without pay and that Trump deployed ICE agents to airports to help address staffing shortages and security lines.
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SWIPE →Senate Majority Leader criticized over the Senate’s DHS funding plan and recess
House Speaker who criticized the Senate funding plan
President whom Beck urged to reconvene the Senate
Part of a bigger story
5 OUTLETSA partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown continued while lawmakers were away on recess, prompting calls for Congress to return. Senate Majority Leader John Thune was involved in efforts to address the funding impasse and faced calls to bring lawmakers back. Center outlets frame the story around growing pressure to end the recess during the shutdown and describe the leaders’ funding approach. Right-leaning outlets more pointedly foreground Republican departures and criticism directed at Thune over the recess and funding impasse.
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- Associated Press · From TMZ to Trump, pressure grows to bring Congress back during partial shutdown - AP News
- The Independent · Republicans turn on their own over shutdown and call on Congress to cancel their spring break
- nysun.com · Anger at Senate GOP Reaches Fever Pitch With No DHS Deal in Sight, SAVE America Act Debate Stalled
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