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Matt Gaetz: “I think that we owe an obligation to Americans in red states…”

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

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The Anchormen Show EP 113 - The Right Thing to Do w/ Pearson Sharp and Mayor Bill Wells

Published | Video Starts at 06:00

Places like California, Minnesota, and really what you need to do is just go to the red states where there's still plenty of illegals and there are people like Mayor Wells everywhere to work with. And I don't like that advice. I think that we owe an obligation to Americans in red states and blue states to uphold the law. And if we start treating states differently based on that, then you get a real inequitable application. What would be the point? (06:00–06:07)

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Asserts the obligation to uphold the law in both red and blue states.

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