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Matt Gaetz: “I feel differently about protecting the homeland than I do…”

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

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The Anchormen Show EP 129 - Primetime Headlines w/ David Pollack

Published | Video Starts at 27:43

If they send, if they send Hezbollah across our border, I am line them up and subject them to firing squads. Sounds like you just changed your position on the warning, Rod. Well, I feel differently about protecting the homeland than I do about, like, dropping a bomb on a, on a bunch of schoolgirls in Iran. And like, I feel differently about a Hezbollah person or a Hamas person coming across our border than I feel about, like, killing 40,000 children in Gaza. (27:43–27:52)

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Differentiates between homeland defense and foreign military actions.

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