Republican Senators hit border, touting tougher security and tax cuts, in 2026 kickoff
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune leads Republican senators on Friday border visit to showcase plummeting crossing rates and economic achievements ahead of November midterm election.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
The stop at the border, hosted by One Nation, a nonprofit outside group closely aligned with Thune, is seen as an unofficial kickoff by Senate Republicans ahead of the midterms to tout the sweeping "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," Trump's signature domestic achievement last year that was passed nearly entirely along party lines in the GOP controlled Congress.
At the event at the border, which was a regular stop for Republicans amid the surge in border crossings during then-President Joe Biden's administration, the GOP senators are teaming up with members of the National Border Patrol Council. And they are highlighting how the passage of the domestic policy measure "secured transformational border security funding," according to One Nation.
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