Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Not ready for his close-up: Ineffectual U.S. Senate GOP Leader John Thune cowers and caves on January 6 pardons


Nearly 1600 January 6th insurrectionists pardoned by First Felon Donald Trump.  More than 200 released from prison.
 
Screengrab:  Video at NPR
Headline:  The Hill
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) tried to dismiss the controversy when he was barraged by television camera crews outside his office in the Dirksen Building on Tuesday morning. 
“Look, I don’t have any comments. I haven’t seen all the stuff, the [executive orders] that he signed yet,” he said. 
[snip] 
Thune later told reporters: “We’re not looking back, we’re looking forward.”  [emphasis added]
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