Matt Gaetz: “Democrats are going to try to put like the spookiest version…”

“Right. I think that that is the Democratic Party's message. I think that as we go into these midterms for just the reasons David described, Democrats are going to try to put like the spookiest version of Trump that they can lie about and conjure up on the ballot. And what Republicans have to put on the ballot is socialism. We have to put that on the ballot and show how a rising Democratic Party is just a pathway to socialism and the bad outcomes that that has endured around the world.” (28:57–29:05)

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