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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Senior Republican who called Trump ‘inexcusable’ endorses him for president

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Senator John Thune at the Capitol in Washington DC on 6 February. Photograph: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Rex/Shutterstock

The No2 Republican in the US Senate, John Thune of South Dakota, endorsed for president Donald Trump – the man he previously called “inexcusable” for seeking to overturn the 2020 election and inciting the deadly January 6 attack on Congress.

Multiple media outlets reported Thune’s endorsement. They also swiftly pointed out statements made by Thune after the 2021 US Capitol attack, now linked to nine deaths, more than 1,200 arrests and hundreds of convictions, some for seditious conspiracy.

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