Sen. John Thune (R-SD) won’t assume his new role as Senate majority leader until the next Congress is seated Jan. 3. But he’s already being put to the test.

President-elect Donald Trump’s eyebrow-raising Cabinet nominees, including former Rep. Matt Gaetz, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Fox News host Pete Hegseth, and ex-presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are putting Thune between a rock and a hard place.

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