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Brian Fitzpatrick: “Parties are cults.”

Featuring: Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican | U.S. House Pennsylvania, 1st Congressional District

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Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick on being a moderate in today's GOP

Published | Video Starts at 20:40

Bill Clinton couldn't survive a Democrat primary. George W. Bush couldn't survive a Republican primary day. What does that say? The parties don't mean anything. Why don't you just become an independent? Parties are cults. Because I live in a closed primary state. Would you. If you wouldn't, 100%, you would. 100%. Yes, I want to. I want everybody to be an independent. (20:40–20:41)

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