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Good morning, Lauren, evening, Grace, America. I'm Hugh Hewitt. Welcome to the Thursday edition of the program, which I begin with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Senator from South Dakota.

Senator Thun, welcome back.

It's great to have you, leader.

I understand you're in Columbus this past weekend at the shoe.

How loud was it, Senator?

It was deafening, as you would expect, Q.

Your fans came out in full force, and they got a big win.

Great way to start off the season, and it was very exciting for me,

and I had some of my family members there,

because it's just an atmosphere that's really second to none, as you know. Well, you didn't get to see QB-1B, Lincoln Kynholtz, who's from Pierce, South Dakota. But he will play this year. I think a lot. I don't know how often you're going to go back to the shoe, but he will play. I hope so. He's incredibly an athletic. I got a chance to watch him, of course, in high

school, and he's a special athlete. So, yeah, I hope they find a way to integrate him into some

of their schemes, offensive schemes, or whatever, because I think he can bring a lot to that

to that offense. But they're telling me. I'm waiting to see special packages for him, and I expect Coach Day to do that.

Now, Leader Thune, I want to get to the important stuff.

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