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John Thune: “We aren't flipping 10 Democrats to vote for the Save America…”

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

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'Wouldn't say I'm isolated...': John Thune on friction with Trump over SAVE America Act

Published | Video Starts at 02:17

And it seems to me some days that I'm the only one here who can count to 50 in this town. But we don't have the votes to get rid of the filibuster and there aren't. We aren't flipping 10 Democrats to vote for the Save America Act. So those two realities are there. Now, is there somewhere in here with budget reconciliation that we can do pieces of the Save America act or at least in a … (02:17–02:22)

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Asserts that they cannot get 10 Democratic Senators to support the Save America Act.

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