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Beto O'Rourke: “Tim Cook... presented Donald Trump a gold plated, 24 karat…”

Featuring: Beto O'Rourke, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 15:02

I don't know if you're watching TV this week, but Tim Cook, he is the CEO of Apple. It makes me want to throw my iPhone away, flush it down the toilet, never get on that thing again. He Tim Cook... presented Donald Trump a gold plated, 24 karat gold plate, gold plated iPhone in the Oval Office. I mean, you cannot make this stuff up. I would imagine in some empire in front of the emperor, you would bend the knee and you would give that bar of gold and you'd say, you know, emperor, please, will you protect my business? (15:02–15:19)

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Asserts that Tim Cook gave Donald Trump a gold-plated iPhone in the Oval Office.

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