John Thune is the Senate Majority Leader.
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The Joe Rogan ExperienceNov 6, 2026
John Thune was the Senate Majority Leader as of 2026-11-06. Multiple reliable sources from Nov. 9-10 still identify him as Senate Majority Leader, and Republicans held the majority until the next Congress, so the claim holds on the claim date; the Nov. 10 reelection as Republican leader for the minority came after the claim date.
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Supports. The Senate.gov press release and Reuters both identify John Thune as U.S. Senate Majority Leader in November 2026 coverage.[1][3]
Supports. The WSJ and Politico describe Thune as Senate Majority Leader, and a Nov. 9 Chicago Tribune photo caption does the same, showing the title held just before the claim date.[4][5][6]
Context. Republicans lost their majority in the midterms and Thune was reelected Nov. 10 as leader for the next Congress, which is a later development that does not make the claim false as of Nov. 6.[2][7]
Context. The post refers to him as the majority leader of the Republicans, which matches the Senate Republican leadership role the claim names.
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 2 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Thune, Jordan emerge as Republican minority leaders for next US Congressreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Senate Republicans vote to keep John Thune as leader after steep election lossesapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Thune Reelected Republican Leaderthune.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4John Thune Wins Another Term as Senate GOP Leader Despite Grumblingwsj.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5John Thune is reelected as Senate GOP leader after midterm ...politico.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6Senate Republicans vote to keep John Thune as leaderchicagotribune.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7What’s next for John Thune after Senate Republicans keep him as leaderthepublicopinion.com · not rated · cited for: context
Where this claim was made
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- The Joe Rogan Experience · “John Thune, who's a demon, like the majority leader of the Republicans.”Post →
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