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On the recordMay 20, 2021
I think a lot of our members and a lot of House Republicans want to be moving forward, not looking backward, and, you know, anything that gets us rehashing the 2020 election, I think, is a day lost on being able to draw contrast between us and the Democrats' very radical left-wing agenda.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota
Source
msnbc.com

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Thune discusses the Republican Party's focus on moving forward rather than investigating the events of the January 6 Capitol attack.

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