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Matt Gaetz: “Are we going to see the United States drawn into the Middle…”

Featuring: Matt Gaetz, Republican | Former U.S. House, Florida's 1st District

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The Anchormen Show Episode 85 - #WalkAway w/ Brandon Straka

Published | Video Starts at 34:14

And if you can, if you're putting people at risk for that, I wonder what the gain is. And I also wonder if there's going to be a retaliation and escalatory cycle of violence. Are we going to see the United States drawn into the Middle East more before these midterms? And what's the political effect of that going to be? So I was doing one of those news panel shows recently just talking about a bunch of different topics and this came up and to be honest, I was a little caught off guard. (34:14–34:20)

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Questions the potential for increased U.S. involvement in the Middle East before midterm elections.

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