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John Thune: “The founders designed the country with a bicameral process…”

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

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Thune Joins The Hugh Hewitt Show

Published | Video Starts at 00:29

So on camera Isn't that not in the small print? Yeah, I think you are correct there, Hugh. This is a, this is a conversation, as you know, has gone on for many … The founders designed the country with a bicameral process, making the United States Senate a non-majoritarian institution. … that. It's hard sometimes. I know people, it's hard to explain and not something that we all learn in physics growing up. But there's a reason why the Senate is the way that it is. (00:29–00:48)

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Asserts that the U.S. Senate was intentionally designed to be non-majoritarian by the founders.

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