# @vlemx2 on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DWb1nveE874
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63413412-vlemx2-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-03-28T16:34:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Vincent Vlemx (@vlemx2) — https://gondola.cc/vlemx2

## Caption

Hello Senator Thune,

At 3 AM on Friday, March 27th, in a near-empty chamber, you passed a bill by voice vote that excludes all funding for ICE and CBP.

Let me repeat that: voice vote. No roll call. No record of who was there. No accountability. Just you, Barrasso, and a handful of senators shuffling paper in the dead of night while America slept.

You could have demanded a recorded vote. You chose not to.
You could have held the line for five more days until the House returned. You chose not to.
You could have used the same procedural tools Democrats have used against you for 40 days. You chose not to.

Instead, you gave them exactly what they asked for — DHS funding minus immigration enforcement — and called it a win.

Let’s be clear:

• You caved after 41 days and accepted the opening demand
• You handed over a roadmap for future shutdown leverage
• You replaced certainty with “maybe” and called it strategy

And the precedent?

You defend Senate rules when it’s convenient — but at 3 AM, those principles disappeared:

• No recorded vote
• No real debate
• No transparency
• No accountability

You didn’t bend the rules to win a fight. You bent them to avoid one.

So here’s the question:

Why did this happen at 3 AM — not 3 PM — in full view of the American people?

We all know why.

You didn’t want it seen.

But it was.

Own it.

#Politics #Senate #GovernmentAccountability #Transparency #ICE #CBP #BorderSecurity #DHS #Leadership #AccountabilityMatters #PoliticalAccountability #PublicRecord #VoiceVote #USPolitics #HoldLeadersAccountable #SpeakUp #CivicEngagement

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senate, dhs, bordersecurity, accountabilitymatters, holdleadersaccountable, cbp, leadership, transparency, speakup, governmentaccountability, uspolitics, publicrecord, ice, politics, politicalaccountability, civicengagement, voicevote

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