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Jon Stewart: “Their fealty to Trump oftentimes is a business decision or…”

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Socialism, Politics & NYC | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Published | Video Starts at 1:04:15

And they always call it as a cornerback. Made a business decision. That was a business decision that was made. These people in these hearings are making business decisions. Their fealty to Trump oftentimes is a business decision or it's a building block in their larger project of reclaiming this country for the heritage Americans who they think built [it]. And that's, and that's all it is. And they know it's nonsense. And the way, you know, they know it's nonsense is all the years they've had to prove it and they have never once. (1:04:15–1:04:31)

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Asserts that some people's loyalty to Trump is a strategic decision for a broader agenda.

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