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Mike Rounds: “The vast majority of the members of the Senate will give a…”

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

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Interview with Senator Mike Rounds on Trump Nominations, Tariffs, and Ukraine Peace Talks

Published | Video Starts at 02:33

I did that before when, when President Trump was elected. I looked the same way at it when President Obama made nominations. I will do that again. And I think The vast majority of the members of the Senate will give a benefit of the doubt to the president with any one of his nominees. But then we have a constitutional role to play in that. We, we provide advice and consent. And once again, that can be sometimes advice, sometimes it is consent, but that's the process. (02:33–02:38)

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Asserts that most Senate members typically give the President's nominees the benefit of the doubt.

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