John Thune: “President Trump had a huge mandate from the American people…”

“I mean, there could be some fireworks here coming up. This is not going to be easy. No, none of this is going to be easy. But you know, again, President Trump had a huge mandate from the American people, not only the popular vote, the electoral vote, they were historic. And the people in this country want change. He wants to bring that about. And I always believe that you defer to a president when it comes to the people they want in their cabinet and to do a lot of these important jobs.” (04:05–04:13)

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