Because I knew that no amount of money, no amount of money was going to convince people that escaped Marxism and socialism that America should embrace Marxism and socialism. No amount of money, No amount of money was going to convince people that somehow a country blessed with oil and natural gas should be begging Saudi Arabia for oil and natural gas and begging Venezuela for oil and natural gas. But we had a tough campaign, and I owe a lot, and there's a lot of people I could thank. But my campaign manager, Mark Morgan, has done a great job. (06:11–06:22)
CLAIM
Asserts that the U.S. should not need to beg Saudi Arabia and Venezuela for oil and natural gas.
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