Markwayne Mullin: “Every week, if not most days, the president would call and…”

“And from then on, he started retaining things. And Jim's attitude went from. From this, you know, we're going to get through it, to this. I'm going to get through it. And Every week, if not most days, the president would call and ask how he could help. Ask, how's his buddy doing? How's Jim doing? He didn't do it for publicity. He didn't do it for any show.” (08:33–08:39)

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