Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., inspired a wave of angry responses after touting passing the latest government spending bill and avoiding a shutdown. In a post shared to X just past 2 A.M. ET on Saturday, Klobuchar said to her followers about the $1.2 trillion federal spending package: 'You’re welcome.' She wrote, 'Hello 2 a.m.ers! For everyone who is still awake, we just passed the budget and averted a shutdown. You’re welcome.
Author and conservative commentator John Hawkins ripped the lawmaker, writing, 'That's government in a nutshell. Wasting staggering amounts of our money on useless garbage we didn't want done in the first place and then wanting a thank you for it.' Professional basketball player and 2024 U.S. Senate candidate Royce White posted, 'They have the audacity to pretend like they're doing you a favor...
Godspeed.' Heavy metal singer and conservative commentator Phil Labonte trashed Klobuchar’s post, stating, 'That ‘you’re welcome’ is like nails on a chalk board.' Former UFC fighter Jake Shields said, 'We wanted the government to shut down because we are sick of you wasting all of our money.' Commentator Doug Powers replied to Klobuchar’s post with a graphic of the current national debt, commenting, 'Yeah, thanks I guess.