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Matt Gaetz: “In this time where we were trying to carve out the COVID…”

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

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The Anchormen Show EP 119 - Emerging From COVID's Shadow w/ Dr. Brian Tyson

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… that, you know, they're the major donors to, you know, like US Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable. I mean, these are people that have major connections to big pharma. And In this time where we were trying to carve out the COVID legislation, like the Democrats were arguing for max spending, get money on the streets, forgivable loans, and the thing that Mitch McConnell was lobbying for above everything else, and he's the leader of the Republicans in the Senate at the Time was the liability shields had to be liability shields for big pharma. And I mean, it was disgusting. It still is. People should right now be filing legislation to go and repeal those liability shields. The country would back them. (39:25–39:51)

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Asserts that Mitch McConnell prioritized liability shields for big pharma during COVID legislation discussions.

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