{"id":2368506,"date":"2024-11-13T13:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T18:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-john-thune-speaks-after-being-elected-republican-senate-leader-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T13:26:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T18:26:38","slug":"watch-live-john-thune-speaks-after-being-elected-republican-senate-leader-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-john-thune-speaks-after-being-elected-republican-senate-leader-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH LIVE: John Thune speaks after being elected Republican Senate leader &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-live-john-thune-speaks-after-being-elected-republican-senate-leader-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2368506&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The provided HTML <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hypocrisy-trump-team-shows-videos-of-democrat-lawmakers-during-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"\u2018Hypocrisy:\u2019 Trump Team Shows Videos of Democrat Lawmakers During Impeachment Trial\">snippet<\/a>\u200d contains a &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-would-love-to-see-any-evidence-of-fraud-nothing-they-are-saying-is-true-dominion-voting-systems-spokesman-refutes-fraud-claims-video\/\" title=\"&quot;We Would Love to See Any Evidence of Fraud - Nothing They Are Saying Is True&quot; - Dominion Voting Systems Spokesman Refutes Fraud Claims (VIDEO)\">button<\/a> that activates a function to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-releases-statement-announcing-ronna-mcdaniel-is-out-just-days-after-hiring\/\" title=\"NBC announced the departure of Ronna McDaniel shortly after her recent hiring\">reveal additional content<\/a> when clicked. 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