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Thune On Controversial Trump Nominees: None Of This Is Gonna Be Easy
Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says that President-elect Trumps controversial Cabinet picks face difficult paths to confirmation in the Senate, warning, None of this is gonna be easy. Thune acknowledged during a Thursday evening interview with Fox Newss Bret Baier that a few Republican senators are likely to oppose former-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.),...
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