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Matt Gaetz: “Democrats believed that there is this vast part of the…”

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

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So there was really no constituency for her. Like, it wasn't. I mean, that was. Yeah. I think that Democrats believed that there is this vast part of the population whose dream candidate is some combination of Michelle Obama and Oprah. And like, the closest they could get was like bargain basement Kamala Harris to go and attempt to achieve that archetype. And it just didn't. Didn't work out. (1:39:30–1:39:41)

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Asserts that Democrats believed a significant portion of the population wanted a candidate like Michelle Obama and Oprah.

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