Tennessee Republican Rep. John Rose called for the removal of Senate Majority Leader John Thune from leadership on Friday.

"We should call on Thune to step aside," Rose told Newsmax host Todd Starnes, the TV anchor posted on X.

"We now have a sitting member of Congress officially calling on Majority Leader John Thune to be removed from power," Starnes wrote.

Earlier on Friday, Rose called out the Senate's passage of a spending bill that would partially fund the Department of Homeland Security, except for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

"And just like that, while Americans were asleep, Senate Republicans were wide awake tossing the radical Democrats a political lifeline to end the government shutdown without funding ICE and our brave Border Patrol," Rose posted on X. "Now they’re off to take their recess — getting off the hook from having to vote on the SAVE America Act and fully funding ICE."

"I’m glad TSA agents will finally get their paycheck. They should NEVER be used as political pawns again. But let me be clear: this shutdown was squarely on the Democrats. They put illegal aliens before Americans, and some Senate Republicans just ran cover for them," he added.

Rose posted on X on Wednesday, calling out Thune directly, saying, "President Trump is right. @LeaderJohnThune & Senate Republicans should weld the SAVE America Act to must-pass DHS funding. Protect our elections. Secure our homeland. We should do both, not just because Americans overwhelmingly support it, but because it's the right thing to do. Full stop."