John Thune: “Republicans have not been daunted. We've just continued…”

“Democrats and their base still can't deal with the fact that President Trump won last November. And so they have held up every, every single one. Every single one of his nominations. In revenge. But Republicans have not been daunted. We've just continued plowing ahead on nominations, helping us rack up a historic number of votes this year in the process. And in September, we took steps to restore Senate precedent and codify in Senate rules what was once understood to be standard practice, and that is the Senate's acting expeditiously …” (03:18–03:27)

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