We wanted somebody who was going to come out, like I said, make America great again, which implies that we have some big problems in America. And one of those big problems is what goes on in our Justice Department. So President Trump tapped Mr. Gates because he felt he would be a fighter who would not be intimidated by, I guess we'll call the deep state. So hopefully we won't have anybody in the Senate who rejects him. President Trump got elected. Got elected by more than what a lot of people thought he'd be elected. (12:46–12:59)
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