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John Thune: “President Trump's first president in history not to have a…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune Joins The Hugh Hewitt Show

Published | Video Starts at 05:18

But we did a ton of education and forming and you know, the idea around how the nominations process historically worked and is supposed to work, and the Democrats had virtually blown it up. I mean, they literally, President Trump's first president in history not to have a single one of his nominees approved by either voice vote or unanimous consent. which is typically, it's the expedited way of getting non controversial nominees through the process. (05:18–05:25)

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Asserts that President Trump is the first president whose nominees were not approved by voice vote or unanimous consent.

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