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Mike Rounds: “The people of this country understood that he was going to…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Rounds Discusses James Comey, Government Shutdown and Tylenol on CNN

Published | Video Starts at 01:19

Once again, I think it's accountability. And, you know, look, the president ran on this. He said very clearly what he intended to do. The people of this country understood that he was going to call for accountability. He really did believe and still does believe that that has to occur. He's pushing the issue just as we expected that he would. (01:19–01:24)

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Asserts that the public was aware of the president's intentions for accountability.

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