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John Thune: “They are allowing the administration to do the very thing…”

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

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Shutdown Presser Day 3

Published | Video Starts at 34:46

And yes, they're going to have a different political view of the world than the Democrats might have. But that's what the Democrats have wrought by doing this. They are allowing the administration to do the very thing that back in March they said they didn't want to give them the authority to do. and that's to make decisions just like that. But that's what's going to happen. And again, why I'm at a loss to explain the strategy behind this other than it generates contributions and activist energy support from the far left of the Democrat Party. (34:46–34:53)

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Asserts that Democrats are allowing the administration to make decisions they previously opposed.

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