Thune stated, 'I think you gotta again look at what the president is doing, and right now he's trying to open up the Strait of Hormuz which I think we are all supportive of.'
Tom Williams//Getty Images Having secured Democratic capitulation on a deal fat with empty promises, Senate Republican leader John Thune made sure that the deal also addressed one of the president's most important issueswhitewashing the insurrection of January 6, 2021. And, needless to say, he did so with the tacit approval of seven Democratic senators. It is, as they say, a bipartisan bill.
Thune joined Sandra Smith and John Roberts on America Reports on Tuesday to react to President Donald Trump's fiery address to the UN General Assembly in New York City that morning. While speaking with Smith about the United States' indispensable role in the UN, Thune had an audio issue, at one point telling Smith or someone else that he was back.