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Fran Hopkins retweeted
The recipe for a bloodbath:
Iran war (especially taking this long) = turns off the no more wars coalition
Congress not passing SAVE America Act = lose more base voters and election integrity
People feel their wallets getting lighter = lose some lean right normies who just want affordability.
Not empowering Elon to go all the way with DOGE = more base voters stay home feeling nothing will ever change in the bureaucracy.
Self important podcasters and influencers spent more time jockeying for attention by fighting with each other than fighting for the polices we want = Lose the interest of swing voters and splinter the already irritated base.
Congress refused to actually run a national narrative and if they did, even I don’t know what it was = lose fence sitters who want a plan.
No accountability for Epstein associates = Turns off base voters and MAGA/MAHA moms
Put all of it together and young men are irritated so they stayed home too.
We’ll have time to talk about how we fix this but right now it’s important to be honest about why we’re in this moment tonight. And don’t try to tell me the election was rigged. It wasn’t rigged. We got our asses kicked. If we want to fix it, we have to acknowledge the ass kicking and get to work.
Fran Hopkins retweeted
Well this sucks.
I’m going to rant for a few moments and then move on in a positive way.
My three unvarnished thoughts on tonight:
1. Any MAGA voter who sat this out to "prove a point" to the eGOP who now lives under Democrat rule deserves what they are about to experience.
2. Trump knew Iran could cost the midterms. But he did it anyway. Because he knows that the Iranian mullahs are theocratic madmen who are trying to build nuclear weapons so they can use them on the USA and Israel, precipitating Armageddon so the Hidden Imam will arise from a well in Qom and force what’s left of humanity to convert to Shia Islam. So Trump had to choose. Win the midterms or save humanity? He chose wisely. Historians will eventually acknowledge this reality.
3. The PRIMARIES are where you make RINOs pay, not the general. Geez.
So THAT’S all over and it’s on to 2028 to save America. Let’s put this behind us, pull together as patriotic conservative Americans, squash the squabbling, infighting and name calling, and get back to where we need to be.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
No. No it was not.
Onward to 2028…. (I’m dropping the name of my preferred presidential candidate in the morning.)
Fran Hopkins retweeted
No. You didn’t. You are absolutely 100% wrong. You did nothing of the sort. @NRSC Senate Republicans under YOUR “leadership” did nothing. Nothing.
You had the chance to begin the process of saving our election system from the radical left. By passing the SAVE America Act. But K Street either didn’t care or opposed it. So why bother, right?
Because the GOP Senate only does what can be monetized via those endless lobbyist dinners / fundraisers. If it can’t raise you money? Probably not worth doing.
And you BERATED @BasedMikeLee for trying to get you to work full weeks, to try to pass the SAVE America Act. Or to work a weekend sometime. Or not to recess for weeks in March and then again recess for a month in August. You and your fellow GOP Senators told him that nobody cared about the SAVE America Act. That he needed to sit down and shut up.
And the American people watched you, day after lazy, do-nothing day. And how you literally could not come up with a single idea to manage the Senate rules to get the bill passed. You just could not figure it out. Because you really didn’t and don’t care. And because you just are clueless.
What’s all the fuss, you say. It’s not a big deal to you that our election system has been taken over and manipulated by the left. That aliens by the hundreds of thousands are on our voter rolls, that there are illegal votes by the thousands in the election results…and that it matters. It matters to the USA. But not to you @LeaderJohnThune
So now, you don’t have to worry about it. You don’t have to be in charge of producing meaningful results for the American people. They just sent you to your room without any supper. I’m sure you must be relieved. You and your fellow GOP colleagues who just flat couldn’t be bothered to figure out how to save our elections.
Well done, you. What a waste of space you’ve been as a leader. That term should never be applied to you or to your inner circle.
Utterly disgusted by the lot of you. You did this. Tuesday was the Thune election. You own it. Hope you’re happy.
@EIwatchdogs @seanmdav @EricLDaugh @elonmusk @realDonaldTrump @Bannons_WarRoom @greg_price11 @RealAmVoice
Fran Hopkins retweeted
CALMATE, REPUBLICANS!!!
Trump remains president for the next two years. Deal with it, Democrats.
A Democrat House has no powers to prosecute. The DOJ will not indict. Impeachment will not lead to a Trump conviction and expulsion from office.
Stupid tax, spend and legislation will be vetoed—and won’t be overridden.
After there is some sort of resolution of the Iran War, gas prices will drop like a stone.
And by the way, the threat of a nuclear armed Iran will be substantially diminished, if not eliminated. Thank you, President Trump.
It’ll be fun watching Speaker Hakeem Jeffries try to control the crazy DSA/socialist/antisemitic caucus— and enact legislation to improve “affordability” as “affordability” is being improved despite the lack of legislation.
The economy is already growing—and will soon kick into an even higher gear.
For the next two years, the economy will continue to fire on all cylinders, while inflation and gas prices fall the moment the Iran War ends.
What will the Democrats’ argument be then? Raise taxes on “the rich”? “Medicare-for-All”? “Trump is a Nazi”?
Given that Democrats opposed no tax on tips, opposed no tax on overtime, opposed no tax on Social Security and refused to expand school choice, etc., Democrats cannot possibly take credit for the Trump/Republican economy.
They cannot possibly, with a straight face, take credit for the huge, and by recent standards, upcoming unprecedented growth in the economy.
The Republican 2028 presidential nominee—whether Vance or Rubio—will have a hell of a strong argument about the economy and “affordability.“
See you in 2028!
Fran Hopkins retweeted
Republicans in New Jersey: DON'T YOU DARE PUT YOUR HEADS DOWN.
We took a beating across the country and in the state last night. We ought to have the humility to understand why & the backbone to do something about it.
The country - including New Jersey - swung right in 2024 because working people were FED UP with being told the economy was fine by people who could afford for it to be fine, as they squandered away your money and your livelihoods. YOU wanted somebody on YOUR side; in plain English, that’s populism. Governing that way is how you keep the hearts and minds of the people who put you there.
Republicans had nearly two years of control in Washington & couldn’t get out of their own way on the issues that brought those voters over. It stings to watch people who were fed up enough to give the GOP a shot now turn back to the party they were fed up with to begin with. Others stayed home. WE NEEDED BOTH TO WIN. Want them to vote Republican again? FOLLOW THROUGH.
My colleagues in the State Legislature & I weren’t on the ballot last night. We’re in the minority in Trenton, fighting like hell for every vote we can get and every dollar we can bring back to our schools and communities. It is infuriating watching Republicans in Washington actually have the votes & squander the opportunity.
You can draw a straight line from a vote in Trenton to a property tax hike & still watch someone blame DC. The facts can be airtight, but if people get a song and a dance otherwise every day, that’s a bitter pill that must be swallowed and understood. It's a messaging problem on our end.
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BREAK. A new playbook is overdue, & @NJAssemblyGOP has spent the year laying the groundwork to go on offense. PUT IT TO WORK.
In Trenton, I will NEVER stop saying who made the decisions & what it costs the people I represent. I will NEVER stop proposing sound alternatives that are in the best interests of the voters who trusted me to fight for them. I’ll say it on the Assembly floor, I'll say it in the grocery store, and I’ll say it at your front door.
DON'T YOU DARE WATER YOURSELF DOWN. You know what’s good & you know what’s right. Say it. THEN DO IT.
Everybody loves an underdog.
NEVER tell me the odds.
Fran Hopkins retweeted
Say Republicans lose the House and the Senate. Then what?
Start with the Senate. It's been a graveyard under Thune. John Thune is a Bush Republican — RINO, Republican In Name Only — to his bones. As Majority Leader, he has spent two years managing Democrats instead of defeating them. When your own leader already treats the minority like a partner, handing it the gavel is a change of nameplate, not of direction.
Now the House. A Democratic House has one real move: investigate. Hearings. Document demands. Another round of hearings. That is the entire playbook. But a congressional subpoena is only paper until somebody enforces it. A contempt referral goes to the Justice Department. If the demand is a partisan fishing trip, DOJ has no duty to chase it. Without DOJ, nobody is forced to comply and nobody pays a price. It's cameras, not consequences. One caveat — they control the purse strings. Investigations may go nowhere, but a Democratic House can still choke funding for anything the administration wants. What they can't do is defund DOJ. The one lever that makes the rest of their playbook work is the one lever they don't hold. Even if Republicans lose the House, the administration doesn't lose its investigative arm. Trump's Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program does the same work the House would — gathering tips, routing them to inspectors general, surfacing fraud in programs like SNAP, healthcare, and unemployment — except it sits inside DOJ, which controls intake, routing, and charging. A Democratic House can subpoena all it wants. This mechanism doesn't need their permission to move. That's the difference between a stage and a courtroom. And the tips aren't coming only from Republicans. The Somali fraud network in Minnesota has already pulled in Democratic officials and donors — and the same program isn't limited to one state. If the dime drops in California or Michigan or anywhere else, DOJ follows it. Unlike a congressional witch hunt, which dies the moment DOJ shrugs, these investigations end in charges. That's not a witch hunt when the evidence walks in the door on its own.
A double loss would also rattle Iran. With Washington gridlocked after January, Trump would have every incentive to settle accounts with Tehran before the new Congress can tie his hands. Distraction at home is the one thing that historically slows him down abroad — remove it, and the clock on Tehran speeds up.
Then there is the pardon power. Article II, plain as day. And Democrats wrote the newest rules for it themselves. Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter for anything going back to 2014. On his way out the door, he pardoned Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, the entire January 6 committee and its staff, and five members of his own family. Most of them were never charged with anything. They were pardoned in advance. So if Democrats take the House tonight and aim witch hunts at Trump or his allies, that same precedent means a lot of people could be shielded for the last ten years before any charge ever lands. When the same party that cheered all of that cries abuse over a pardon, ask them a simple question: where was your conscience in January 2025? That standard cuts both ways, starting at the ballot box.
If the night ends badly, don't despair. Two years of Democrat subpoenas aren't a government. They're a stage.
-- Joseph Fosco
November 3, 2026
Fran Hopkins retweeted
Quote from @JerseyJustinUSA " How you vote today is what America will look like tomorrow " so get out and vote !!
Fran Hopkins retweeted
If you can’t find the motivation to vote today, here it is. Charlie wouldn’t have sat this election out. You’re his vote now. Go use it today. For God, for country and for Charlie. Oh and ignore all of the polls. Polls don’t vote, people do. 🇺🇸
Fran Hopkins retweeted
This is pretty cool. A good friend just sent this Rush clip to me -- "Never give up on America" youtube.com/watch?v=hQiGtje_…
Fran Hopkins retweeted
New Jersey Democrats are ILLEGALLY electioneering at early voting locations in Montclair NJ, election monitors need to be deployed to New Jersey ASAP
@CivilRights
🚨 Democrats up to their same old SHENANIGANS in Montclair where they’ve posted ILLEGAL electioneering signs at an OFFICIAL polling place.
The @montclairgop will file a complaint, and if not properly redressed, we will display our own signage equally.
Fran Hopkins retweeted
🚨 JUST IN: Karoline Leavitt calls on nationwide patriots to STORM THE POLLS RIGHT NOW because Democrats are lying about being "moderates" to rule like SOCIALISTS
"They are INCREDIBLY disingenuous — in fact It's the one thing they are good at! They talk like the radical leftists that they are until they win their Democrat nomination, then they try to FOOL voters to win."
"When they are elected...he will govern as a FAR-LEFT EXTREME LIBERAL."
We want a swamping on election day today.
Shock the pollsters and go vote!
Go vote! (Republican.)
If your plan today is to sit home and pout because a candidate isn't 100% your ideological soulmate, congratulations: you’re handing power to the same party that chants “Death to America”.
Staying home isn’t some noble flex. It’s waving the white flag and actively doing the Left’s job for them. The other side is already standing in line ready to run over your future, and trust me, they don’t give a rip about your purity test.
Get up, get in line, and vote. No excuses.
Vote for @JerseyJustinUSA and vote for every Republican on your ballot today! This is very serious. President Trump just ran around the country to motivate us to get out and vote Republican; if you support what he's been doing to protect American freedoms, please go vote!
Fran Hopkins retweeted
🚨 CHARLIE KIRK on Election Eve, 2024:
“I have NO IDEA what’ll happen. But whatever happens, we’ll keep fighting.”
NEVER, EVER quit 🇺🇸
Fran Hopkins retweeted
Politicians like Mikie Sherrill spend their time in office campaigning across the country for Democrats instead of governing.
It's one of the reasons why New Jersey is so broken.
We need leaders who will govern here at home.
Fran Hopkins retweeted
Justin Murphy for US Senate - Campaign stop in Washington Township, Gloucester County. Election Day is tomorrow - November 3rd - VOTE and help me defeat Cory Booker and the Sanctuary democrats
Could someone please make a meme of Joe Biden as Dr. Evil and Mikie Sherrill as Mini-Me? Thank you.
Today, I sent a letter putting New Jersey’s port and terminal operators on notice: importing Russian diesel violates federal law and could carry serious civil and criminal consequences.
New Jersey will not stand by while Donald Trump supports Vladimir Putin at the expense of Americans. Instead of lowering costs, these imports help finance Putin’s war against Ukraine and a campaign of violence and terror that endangers our servicemembers abroad.
As a Navy veteran, I cannot let that stand unchallenged. Our ports must not be complicit.
Fran Hopkins retweeted
🚨 BREAKING: Border Czar Tom Homan just dropped his final midterm message and it's PURE TRUTH
"I hope people don't forget the thousands of angel moms and dad who BURIED their children because they were killed by an illegal alien!" 💔
"I hope they remember the images during the Biden administration...not a single, not ONE illegal alien has been released from the border in almost 18 months compared to the 12,000 a day under Biden!"
This is the ballgame. Democrats take power, they're one step closer to putting us into BIDEN'S BORDER ON STEROIDS — paired with packing SCOTUS and trampling our institutions so we can't vote our way out
VOTE. RED.
Fran Hopkins retweeted
Great night of phone banking at MCRC with some incredible volunteers and supporters!
The energy is high, and we're working hard to get our message out to every corner of NJ-11.
Election Day is TOMORROW! Let's finish strong, get out & vote, and bring a Return to Sanity to DC!
Fran Hopkins retweeted
🚨INCREDIBLE: A 3-year-old was kidnapped from a public library. 48 minutes later, he was on a city bus crying next to his kidnapper — and no one knew.
No one except the bus driver.
In Milpitas, California, driver Tim Watson had heard the police alert earlier that day: Missing 3-year-old boy, city-wide search underway.
Then a man boarded his bus with a small boy who wouldn't stop crying. Something felt wrong.
Tim looked closer. The face. The clothes. The description. It was him.
But he couldn't scream. He couldn't confront him. One wrong move and that little boy could be in even more danger.
So Tim came up with a plan.
He got on the intercom and told passengers: "Someone reported a missing green backpack, I'm going to take a quick look."
He started walking the aisle, pretending to search for a backpack — but he was really getting a close look at the child.
It was the missing boy.
Tim quietly radioed dispatch, alerted police, and then did the hardest thing of all — he sat back down, stayed calm, and kept driving like nothing happened, with the alleged kidnapper sitting just feet behind him.
He kept that bus rolling until police intercepted it. Officers swarmed the bus, arrested the man, and scooped that terrified little boy into safety.
That child is home with his family tonight because one bus driver trusted his gut and stayed cool under pressure.
He's not a cop. He's not a hero who was supposed to be there.
He's Tim Watson — a bus driver who saw a child in danger and refused to look away.
This man deserves to be recognized.🙏
