Dick Durbin, Democrats Don't Want Secure Elections

- Over 270,000 non-citizens were registered to vote in just 4 states, and China stole the voter files of over 220 million voters.

But Democrat Senator Dick Durbin calls it "bogus" while he refuses to pass the SAVE America Act.

Why don't Democrats want secure elections? pic.twitter.com/lnqJAns0DD

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 20, 2026

Democrats know they can't win if elections are fair. They're content to disenfranchise Americans in order to keep power. They're willing to wage war on Americans.

Dick Durbin Turns His Back on Katie Abraham

When I testified before the Senate about my daughter’s death at the hands of an illegal immigrant, Senator Durbin couldn’t even offer the basic decency to acknowledge our family’s pain.

He has far more compassion for those who break the rules to enter our nation than for the… https://t.co/GCT3HVHtAV

— Joe Abraham (@angeldadjoe) April 23, 2026

Dick Durbin and his Democrat colleagues don't care about the American people.

Dick Durbin Ignores Father of Katie Abraham, Killed by Illegal Alien

Joe Abraham, Angel Father of Katie Abraham, SLAMS Illinois Democrats:

"She was not a statistic...she was someone worth more than being ignored and made invisible, especially in my state...she was my daughter. She should be finishing school right now." pic.twitter.com/2NuNxlCMHk

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 25, 2026

Joe Abraham, father of Katie Abraham who was killed by an illegal alien, calls out Democrat Senator Dick Durbin — his OWN Senator — for not addressing him in a hearing about sanctuary city policies.⁩ pic.twitter.com/MfGkOh8lIp

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 25, 2026

Dick Durbin and the Democrats don't care about the victims of illegal aliens and Democrat sanctuary city policies.

Horrible.

Dick Durbin Admits Democrats Knew Shutdown Would Harm Americans

🚨 JUST NOW: Stunning admission on the Senate floor as Sen. Dick Durbin (D) announces Democrats privately KNEW they were about to starve children and cause even more harm to Americans by shutting down the government.

Wow. They are cooked. pic.twitter.com/e8s0kwGuim

"[I] cannot…

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 10, 2025

Democrats have held Americans hostage for far too long.

Senate Advances Bipartisan Deal to End Schumer Shutdown

The Senate votes 60-40 to advance a bipartisan deal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

Eight Democrats broke with their party to back the deal, which fully funds SNAP through September but does not extend Affordable Care Act subsidies. pic.twitter.com/7JwMKJLYCa

— The Recount (@therecount) November 10, 2025

The eight Dems who joined Republicans:

• Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
• Dick Durbin (IL)
• John Fetterman (PA)
• Maggie Hassan (NH)
• Tim Kaine (VA)
• Angus King (ME), an Independent who caucuses with Dems
• Jacky Rosen (NV)
• Jeanne Shaheen (NH)

— The Recount (@therecount) November 10, 2025

The Schumer Shutdown could soon be over.

What happens next?

Senate Timing For Final Vote Unclear. House Aiming to Tackle the Bill Wednesday

We are not expecting a final vote on the revamped GOP spending bill in the Senate overnight.

Final passage of the bill will need a time agreement to expedite things in the Senate. Fox is told it’s…

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) November 10, 2025

From colleague Kelly Phares. Says Thune was not confident that the Senate can pass the interim spending bill tomorrow and quickly end the shutdown. GOP KY Sen Paul is frustrated by a provision in agriculture bill dealing with the hemp industry. Paul could slow down the process,…

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) November 10, 2025

Pope Leo Doesn't Condemn Dick Durbin's Record on Abortion

Here’s the video of the Pope responding to Card. Cupich granting Sen. Richard Durbin a church honor. 10 U.S. bishops have condemned the honor, given Durbin’s record on abortion. Pope Leo does not seem disturbed by the honor. Video: EWTN. pic.twitter.com/AzXIr34kR6

— Raymond Arroyo (@RaymondArroyo) September 30, 2025

Transcript of Pope Leo's remarks:

Pope Leo XIV weighs in on Cardinal Cupich’s decision to honor pro-abortion Sen Dick Durbin, saying: “I think that is very important to look at the overall work that this Senator has done during, if I'm not mistaken, 40 years of service in the United States Senate.

I understand… pic.twitter.com/Cai13t1QPb

— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) September 30, 2025

The "overall work" of Durbin includes decades of promoting abortion.

Pope Leo revealed a lot about himself.

🚨 BREAKING

Senator Dick Durbin has officially backed down from receiving the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from Cardinal Cupich.

This is great news. Our voices made a difference. pic.twitter.com/iftapxfCHI

— CatholicVote (@CatholicVote) September 30, 2025

Full statement from CatholicVote President Kelsey Reinhardt on Senator Durbin withdrawing from Cardinal Cupich’s award:

"The importance of Senator Durbin declining the award offered by Cardinal Cupich cannot be overstated.

Not only was the public outcry enormous—in just a… pic.twitter.com/ZAkrLmjK7y

— CatholicVote (@CatholicVote) October 1, 2025

Democrat Dick Durbin Calls for Ceasefire

WATCH: A spokesperson for Hamas says they will continue the attacks "a second, third, and fourth time again" until Israel has been wiped off the face of the planetpic.twitter.com/IaoTO38Mo0

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 2, 2023

Hamas has no intention of immediately releasing the hostages kidnapped during the October 7 massacre.

The Hamas strategy is genocide.

Fauci and Collins: Anti-Vaxxers

Mask-wearing post-vaccine is vaccine denialism. They tell you to get vaccinated, but act as if the vaccine does nothing.

Fauci and the maskerati are functionally anti-vaxxers. If you’re looking for reasons to avoid the vaccine, look no further than Fauci. https://t.co/rACuTHGnuX

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 18, 2021

The COVID messaging is a mess.

If the vaccines work, then act like it.

Dick Durbin and Tim Scott: 'Token Process'

Dick Durbin — the second ranking Senate Democrat — just referred to @SenatorTimScott’s bill as a “token” approach, in a floor speech.

Subtle!

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) June 17, 2020

Sen. Tim Scott: for Sen. Dick Durbin “to call this a token process hurts my soul for my country”https://t.co/49xBsOYGUr pic.twitter.com/aCGTP8r6KB

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 17, 2020

People need to open their eyes and judge Democrats based on their words, their actions, and their history.

“You want the benefit of Christ but you don’t want Jesus. There’s no allah, theres no Mohammed, there’s no Buddha, there’s Jesus.” pic.twitter.com/DVOtJx9LKW

— Katie Daviscourt🇺🇸 (@KatieDaviscourt) June 15, 2020

Durbin, Leahy, Menendez Letter to Lutsenko

Democrats Dick Durbin, Pat Leahy, and Bob Menendez threatened Yuriy Lutsenko, the prosecutor general of Ukraine.

Read their letter.

The Democrats are off the rails.

The Democrat Party three-stephttps://t.co/N73NIX0FY0

— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) September 25, 2019

Also:

President Donald Trump: “I demand transparency from Democrats who went to Ukraine and attempted to force the new president … they went there and they wanted to force the new president to do things they wanted under the form of political threat. They threatened him” pic.twitter.com/YWqnC6yEoD

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) September 25, 2019

Dick Durbin Shithole

While at the White House on Thursday, Dick Durbin says that President Trump "said things which were hate-filled, vile, and racist."

Durbin said, "But I cannot believe that in the history of the White House, in that Oval Office, any president has ever spoken the words that I personally heard our president speak yesterday."

Ridiculous.

We know presidents have used foul language in the Oval Office.

We know a Democrat president engaged in sexual activity with a woman other than his wife in the Oval Office.

That stuff is on the record.

For Durbin to claim that no president, in the history of the White House, has ever spoken the way he alleges Trump did is positively goofy.

Ted Cruz and Dick Durbin (Video)

(h/t The Right Scoop)

John McCain Snarks Ted Cruz

John McCain's comments about Ted Cruz make me sick.

McCain joined Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer and the Leftist cabal in smearing him.

That sort of behavior contributed to McCain's loss in the 2008 presidential election.

McCain helped elect Obama. Without Obama, we wouldn't be on the brink of a socialist single payer health care system.

I blame McCain and his ilk.

God, Jerusalem, Israel, and the Democrats

What buffoons!

Yesterday, the Democrats changed their platform, removing every single reference to God and removing language that was pro-Israel, including references to Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Dick Durbin went bonkers yesterday during an interview with Brett Baier, defending the Democrats' platform moves. He trashed FOX News in the process.

These Democrats are in such disarray, they are such complete and utter frauds, that God and Jerusalem as the capital of Israel are now back in the Dems' platform.

What a load of crap!

This pandering, this transparent attempt at damage control after the Dems and Obama revealed their true selves, is so ridiculous!

It's so obvious that they are trying to fool Americans.

When an amendment to return God and Jerusalem to the platform was brought before the delegates, the Democrats were clearly divided.

From RealClearPolitics:

Delegates and members of the Democratic party booed after former Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH) discussed God and moved to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Convention chairman Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles, had to ask for the Yea and Nay vote several times before declaring the motion passed.

C-SPAN cameras captured the dissatisfaction among members after the motion passed.

Watch the video.



Priceless!

And the Dems deliver another ready-made ad to the GOP.

What a pathetic dance!

What a disgrace!

Durbin looks like even more of an idiot than he did yesterday. And Obama looks like a total liar.

Back in July, Jay Carney refused to say Obama recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Without question, yesterday's version of the Dems' platform reflected Obama's views.

Watch the White House press briefing, July 26, 2012:



Carney, speaking for Obama, would not declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

This sudden transformation reveals what a flip-flopping panderer Obama is.

The fact is the Democrats shouted down the changes in the platform. Two-thirds of the delegates most definitely did not approve the amendment.

Obama is a fraud.
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UPDATE:

AP source: Obama personally intervened to change Democrat platform language on Jerusalem, God

— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) September 5, 2012

Of course, Obama personally intervened to make the changes. He saw that his position on Jerusalem, as clarified by Jay Carney in summer, was election year poison.

He feared he'd suffer at the polls.

What a fraud!

The truth has been exposed. We know the real Obama.

This platform mess isn't cleaned up.

It can't be undone. We know the truth.

The Democrats removed GOD from their platform. Nothing can change that fact.

The Democrats removed language stating Jerusalem as the capital of Israel from their platform. Nothing can change that fact.

Hopefully, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will repeatedly remind Americans of the Democrats' disgrace regarding Jerusalem and God.
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From Politico:

Two platform planks sparked division at the Democratic National Convention here Wednesday.

Things got so bad that President Barack Obama was forced to personally intervene, ordering language mentioning God and naming Jerusalem as the rightful capital of Israel be added.

Obama had seen the language prior to the convention, a campaign source said, but did not seek to change it until after Republicans jumped on the omissions of God and Jerusalem late Wednesday. And even then, it had to be forced through a convention hall full of delegates who nearly shouted down the change.

Will the real Obama please stand up?

Dick Durbin and Brett Baier (Video)

Democrat Dick Durbin flipped out during an interview with Brett Baier.

He was extremely defensive and unfairly criticized FOX News.

Baier had some simple questions for Durbin about the Democrats' platform. He wanted to know why God was purged from the platform - a fair question. Baier also asked about changes in the Dems' platform regarding Jerusalem and Israel.

Baier was respectful. He was composed. He was professional.

Durbin was a complete jackass.

Here's video:



Durbin made a huge mistake by going on the attack to avoid answering legitimate questions.

He revealed that Democrats don't want to talk about who they really are.

Dick Durbin and Bank of America

Democrat Dick Durbin is a joke.

He has a problem with Bank of America.

Sen. Dick Durbin on Tuesday urged customers unhappy with Bank of America's new $5-a-month debit card fee to take their business elsewhere - calling the fee a golden opportunity for other banks "not as greedy" to drum up new business.

"I believe in something called competition," the Illinois Democrat said on a conference call with reporters.

Oh really?

Durbin believes in competition?

Durbin told Americans to "get the heck out of that bank."

Interesting, especially since Durbin was behind the "swipe fee" amendment. Durbin was responsible for the groundwork for the fees.

DICK DURBIN: Bank of America customers, vote with your feet. Get the heck out of that bank. Find yourself a bank or credit union that won't gouge you for $5 a month and still will give you a debit card that you can use every single day.

Very sleazy, Dick.

Coburn: 'American People Ought to Pray'

The Left is pretending to be horrified by something that Sen. Tom Coburn said during his remarks from the floor of the Senate on Sunday.

Dick Durbin took to the floor to express his shock.

What a joke!

Video.


Transcript

SEN. TOM COBURN: So, it's not about being bipartisan. It's about... You get to take this or leave it. What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight. That's what they ought to pray, so that we can actually get the middle -- not me, not mine. I understand I'm way over here. But we ought to get the middle of America and the middle of the Senate a bill that can run through this country and actually do what we say we all want to do.

Someone obviously was watching this and clued Dick Durbin in on the opportunity to paint Coburn as a dangerous loon wishing harm on a Democrat senator.

Later, Durbin pounced on Coburn's words, interrupting Sen. Sherrod Brown.

SEN. DICK DURBIN: Will the senator yield for a question? I'm going to be speaking at the end of this hour that's been allocated to our side, and I don't want to interrupt the senator from Ohio, but for one reason. I don't know if the senator from Ohio heard or is aware of a statement made earlier today by our colleague from Oklahoma, Sen. Coburn, who came to the floor and said, 'What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight. That's what they ought to pray.'

I have been trying to reach Sen. Coburn because he is on a committee that I serve on, and I work with him. This statement troubles me and I'm trying to reach him to come back to the floor and explain exactly what he meant about a senator being unable to make the vote tonight. I don't know if the senator from Ohio is familiar with the statement, but I'm reaching out to Sen. Coburn. I'll be on the floor in the next 45 minutes and I hope that he will join me there, and I thank the senator from Ohio for yielding.

Good grief.

How lame!

The Left-wing blogosphere has followed Durbin's lead, acting aghast over Coburn's statements.

Coburn doesn't need to clarify anything. He was merely stating that the only way the America people's voices will be heard is if one of the 60 liberal extremists would not cast a vote to approve a procedural motion that moves government-run health care legislation a step closer to becoming reality.

The American people, overwhelmingly opposed to ObamaCare, are being ignored by the Democrat Obama regime. Those radicals are not listening to the people. They are ramming through legislation against their will.

Coburn was not suggesting that Americans should pray for a Dem to be stricken and drop dead or have an accident.

Nonetheless, Durbin was suggesting that Coburn's remarks had those sinister unpinnings. He was echoing the Leftist fringe chatter. Durbin said what the radicals wanted to hear.

Durbin has no shame. Zero.

The Left needs to get a grip. Obama and the Dems are out of step with the American people. As Coburn said, we need to go to the middle in health care reform, not out on the fringes.

That's not difficult to understand. I don't believe Durbin misunderstood.

Durbin is a disgrace.

NOTE: If my interpretation is wrong and Coburn did mean to say that Americans should pray that harm befall one of the 60 liberal extremists in favor of government-run health care, then Coburn is out of line.

Gitmo Detainees in Illinois

Gitmo detainees will soon be calling the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois "Home, Sweet Home."

Terrorists are leaving the prison at Guantanamo Bay and relocating to western Illinois, not too far south of the Wisconsin border.

Terrific.

This plan was discussed a month ago. What was being floated as an idea then is about to become a reality.

From ABC News:

A prison complex 150 miles from Chicago will house Gitmo detainees, the Obama administration will announce Tuesday.

A senior administration official tells ABC News that on Tuesday the administration will announce that President Obama "has directed that the federal government proceed with the acquisition of the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois to house federal inmates and a limited number of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba."

..."Closing the detention center at Guantanamo is essential to protecting our national security and helping our troops by removing a deadly recruiting tool from the hands of al Qaeda," the official said. "Tomorrow’s announcement is an important step forward as we work to achieve our national security objectives."

It's argued that closing Gitmo is important to national security, but bringing detainees to Illinois certainly isn't going to help security in the heartland.

Guantanamo isn't an al Qaeda recruiting tool in and of itself. The act of detaining is the issue. Alleged abuse is the issue.

Why wouldn't a maximum security prison in Illinois be the same sort of recruiting tool as Gitmo? What's the difference?

Just paint a target on the Thomson Correctional Center. It will be a magnet for terrorist threats.

Terrorists, attack here.

I think we should house the detainees in D.C. Keep them in the House and Senate office buildings. Is there room in the basement of the White House? Put the detainees there.

Here's more on the Obama administration's plan, from the Chicago Tribune:

President Barack Obama has directed the federal government to buy the near-empty state prison in rural Thomson, Ill., to house federal inmates and up to 100 detainees from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said late Monday.

The official announcement is planned for Tuesday and follows weeks of consideration of the Thomson Correctional Center as a site for Guantanamo detainees.

...Administration officials have estimated some 3,800 jobs would be created in and around Thomson to operate the prison.

Now, is that 3,800 jobs created or 3,800 jobs saved?

...In previous discussions, aides said the federal government would operate the Thomson site as a prison for its highest-risk inmates, and also turn over a portion to the Department of Defense to take transferees from the U.S. military prison in Cuba.

The administration has also considered the possibility of operating a military tribunal at or near the prison, where the government would try combatants charged with acts of terrorism. Officials did not comment on that idea Monday.

The Thomson site could become the sole location for what the administration calls "long-term detainees," those suspects who will remain in custody but who are not likely to stand trial.

That sounds great, military tribunals in northwestern Illinois. Just great.

Does Dick Durbin really think that al Qaeda members will be cool with the Thomson prison? Really?

Does Obama think that the world will look approvingly on the Thomson Correctional Center, especially Muslim nations?

Thomson will become Gitmo North. It will be despised.

I'm not at all comfortable with bringing these detainees to reside in a facility located at the heart of the U.S. mainland.

And this is being sold as an economic boon for the region? I don't think it will help the local economy if residents leave the area.

I wouldn't want to live anywhere near the place.

Guantanamo Detainees in Illinois?

Bring detainees from Guantanamo Bay and house them in Thomson, Illinois, not too far south of the Wisconsin border?



Unbelievable.

It seems every day the Obama adminstration comes up with something new to give me a headache and make my stomach churn.

From the Wall Street Journal:

The U.S. is looking at a mostly unused prison in Illinois as a place to move some terrorism suspects now detained at Guantanamo Bay, administration officials said.

The idea of using the Thomson Correctional Center, 150 miles west of Chicago, has the support of some local elected officials, including Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate. But people in Thomson, a town of roughly 500 people bordering the Mississippi River, said that while they welcome the economic lift, they worry about the possible effect from people visiting the detainees.

Thankfully, this latest horrible idea by the Obama administration is being opposed by some Illinois lawmakers.

From the Chicago Tribune:

Several Illinois lawmakers say the Chicago area would become a terrorist target if Guantanamo Bay detainees are moved to a prison in western Illinois.

Republican U.S. Reps. Mark Kirk, Don Manzullo, Judy Biggert and Peter Roskam held a news conference in Chicago Monday. They say an Obama administration proposal to buy the state's Thomson Correctional Center is too risky.

Kirk says he'll ask Congress to require that the administration assess the potential security risks to O'Hare International Airport and the Willis Tower. The lawmakers say the governor and state legislature should be required to approve such a move.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Dick Durbin also will hold a news conference Monday in support of the plan.

Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle should oppose the plan.

Wisconsin lawmakers should voice their opposition as well.

I don't want the new Gitmo to be so close to home.

There is no reason to bring the detainees to northwestern Illinois or anywhere in the U.S.

This is a political move, pure and simple.

Obama has broken so many of his promises. It's no big deal for him to break the closing Gitmo promise, too.

Keep the terrorists off American soil. Is that too much to ask?
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UPDATE, December 15, 2009: Gitmo Detainees in Illinois

Limbaugh: 9/11 Terror Detainees and Jury of their Peers

Eric Holder announced this morning that 9/11 self-confessed masterminds Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammed Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, Ramzi Bin Al Shibh, Ali Abdul-Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Al Hawsawi will have their day in U.S. civilian court.

Read the text of Eric Holder's statement: "Attorney General Announces Forum Decisions for Guantanamo Detainees"

The 9/11 plotters will be tried in Manhattan in the Southern District of New York.

These monsters will be granted the protections of the U.S. Constitution, as if they are citizens of the U.S.

It's a disgrace.

Rush Limbaugh wondered aloud about the terrorists being offered a trial and judged by a jury of their peers.

Jury of their peers - who would that be?

RUSH LIMBAUGH: The only one I can think of is Chris Matthews but we're gonna need 11 more!

Other potential "peers" mentioned by Limbaugh:

Keith Olbermann

Bill Ayers

Bernardine Dohrn

Jeremiah Wright

Harry Reid

Dick Durbin

John Kerry

Limbaugh suggests that Cindy Sheehan should be the judge.