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Matt Gaetz: “I oftentimes couldn't get a meeting, you know, with people…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 59:14

Can I ask, do you think, just since you know the system so well, because you serve within it most of your life, do you think there's anything you could have traded in exchange for their support? I don't know. I don't know. I oftentimes couldn't get a meeting, you know, with people like Senator Murkowski and Senator Collins. They were not interested in even having a discussion with me. So it would have been hard to execute a trade. (59:14–59:20)

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