Thune: Trump’s targeting of Senate parliamentarian is ‘concerning’
The Hill
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said that President Trump’s harsh attacks on Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough are “concerning” if those salvos could make the Senate rules-keeper a political target and pose a security risk.
Thune dismissed Trump’s call for Senate Republicans to fire the parliamentarian, whom then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) appointed in…
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