Eric Schmitt
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Husband • Dad • United States Senator for Missouri • Diehard #STLCards fan
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- Nov 15, 2025
The Optional Practical Training program is a cheap foreign-labor program for big companies and universities. But it's undermining young Americans. It’s time to overhaul or possibly end this terribly...
SummaryThe Optional Practical Training (OPT) program allows foreign graduates to work in the U.S. with minimal restrictions, undercutting American STEM workers through tax exemptions, unlimited visas, and compliance-motivated foreign labor, while universities prioritize foreign students for higher tuition revenue. The thread argues OPT should be reformed or ended since American STEM graduates face high unemployment and never authorized this uncapped program that was created by executive action.14 tweets2 min read - Oct 28, 2025
Today, I’m leading a Senate Judiciary hearing on one of the most dangerous forces in American life today: Violent left-wing extremism. Over the past few years, this threat has spiraled into an all-ou...
SummaryA Senate Judiciary hearing addresses what the speaker characterizes as a crisis of violent left-wing extremism in America, citing various incidents of political violence and arguing that radical ideology from universities and media outlets has motivated organized terrorism. The hearing features witnesses from The Daily Wire, former DHS leadership, and counterterrorism experts to discuss the threat and potential responses.9 tweets1 min read - Oct 2, 2025
In one 18-month period in the early 1970s, there were 2,500 bombings on American soil—nearly 5 a day. Did you know that? Many Americans don't. These leftist terrorists who declared war on America we...
SummaryThis thread documents how Weather Underground members and other left-wing extremists from the 1970s bombing era went on to hold prestigious positions at top universities, law firms, and nonprofits, including figures like Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn who influenced major American institutions and political figures.11 tweets1 min read - Jun 25, 2025
The entire Democratic Party is lining up behind an anti-American open borders socialist who wants to tear down the country that welcomed him and his family. Don't look away. This is who they are. 🧵...
SummaryA critical thread arguing that Zohran Mamdani, who won the Democratic primary for NYC mayor, represents radical left-wing socialist ideology including open borders, abolishing prisons, and defunding police, and that his success reflects problematic Democratic Party values and mass immigration policy.7 tweets1 min read - Apr 17, 2025
Until yesterday, the Biden Administration's "Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism" was classified. Now, thanks to @DNIGabbard, it's public. It's a roadmap for left-wing ideological warfare. 🧵 htt...
SummaryA previously classified Biden Administration plan for countering domestic terrorism has been declassified, revealing a strategy that critics argue weaponizes the domestic terrorism framework to suppress right-wing speech, ideology, and political opposition through government coordination with tech companies and NGOs, targeting activities ranging from online speech to gun ownership.14 tweets2 min read - Mar 30, 2025
It's official: USAID is dead. This is a huge win — not just for America, but for all of Western civilization. Here’s why. 🧵
SummaryThe author celebrates USAID's closure, arguing it was a tool that funneled U.S. taxpayer money to left-wing NGOs and activist groups globally that undermined American interests, promoted progressive causes abroad, and ran transnational networks that also operated domestically on issues like migration and censorship.11 tweets1 min read - Mar 20, 2025
The Tesla attacks are getting worse. Arson. Molotov cocktails. Bouts of gunfire. This isn't new. The Left has used violence as a political tool for decades. Only one thing can stop this. In the wor...
SummaryThe thread argues that left-wing political violence has been a persistent problem in America since the 1960s, citing examples like Weather Underground bombings and recent Tesla attacks, and claims the institutional left enables this violence through soft-pedaling and equivocation while right-wing violence receives disproportionate scrutiny.10 tweets1 min read - Mar 12, 2025
The Left spent the past decade building a vast censorship enterprise. A shadowy network of NGOs, tech groups and governments working to censor the Left's enemies—not just in America, but across the W...
SummaryThe thread argues that the Biden administration built a coordinated "censorship-industrial complex" involving government agencies, NGOs, and tech companies to suppress right-wing speech and misinformation across the West, using taxpayer funding and leveraging both US and foreign laws. The author claims this revolving-door system is now being dismantled under Trump, but argues many private censorship NGOs remain operational and require continued investigation.20 tweets2 min read - Mar 7, 2025
The American Bar Association sat on the sidelines as our legal system was weaponized against normal Americans. Now, they launch a pressure campaign against President Trump on day one. We’ve had enou...
SummaryThe author and several Republican senators criticize the American Bar Association for alleged partisan bias against Trump, claiming it failed to oppose Biden's legal actions while launching a pressure campaign against the new administration. They are working to reduce the ABA's influence over judicial selection, citing concerns about its DEI initiatives and funding sources.8 tweets1 min read