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Matt Gaetz: “In Washington, D.C. one way to be a made man...is if you…”

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

The Anchormen Show Episode 91 - From Caracas to Kiev w: Damian Merlo & Pearson Sharp

Published January 10, 2026 | Video Starts at 47:24

I'm just curious what you think the motivation here is. Why, why is he like this? Why is … In Washington, D.C. one way to be a made man...is if you could be for the wars. … during big swaths of the global war on terror. And if you create trillions of dollars of unaccounted for money, they love you in Washington. (47:24–47:49)

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Asserts that supporting wars is a way to gain status and approval in Washington, D.C.

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“The United States of America has captured the former dictator of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.”
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“You saw today, 30 to 50 million barrels of oil are coming to our shores from Venezuela.”
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“All of the oil proceeds were going to Chinese companies, to Russian businesses, and America was frankly left behind.”
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“You are not seeing widespread violence [in Venezuela following Maduro's capture].”
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“In the days following Maduro's capture you are not seeing civil war in the country.”
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“You are not seeing an ungovernable people or nation or culture [in Venezuela following Maduro's capture].”
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“It really shows that Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, State, his team, they're having quite a moment here.”
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“President Trump announced they're going to be purchasing American equipment for agriculture to rebuild [Venezuela's] grid.”
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“The neoconservatives have drug our generation into wars in Afghanistan, Iraq.”
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“They seem to want to defend every Central Asian cave and every Arabian desert.”
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“We have to care more about the consequences and outcomes that are just a hop, skip and a jumping away than, you know, what's going on in…”
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“This is an effort at a new 2026 version of colonialism, where there is benefit to people who are liberated from a communist dictatorship…”
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“American funding for the weapons doing that, I mean, you're there looking at places that are being bombed out by weapons that are funded by…”
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“It is an ethnically Russian area and that is lost on a lot of U.S. policymakers.”
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“Anna Paulina Luna, congresswoman from Florida, invited Russian Orthodox Christians to the Capitol for meetings about how American Christians…”
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“Fellow Republican Joe Wilson of South Carolina criticized her. Criticized them? Yes. Said that there is no separation between the church and…”
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“These people think they can play God with who is running these governments.”
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“It is not about democracy. It is not about alignment with the West. It is about alignment with their own agendas.”
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“Your fight is our fight. Like, let me just tell you something. That is not a winning message in the midterms.”
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“Their fight is not having fentanyl in the lockers where they send their kids to a public school.”
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“If you create trillions of dollars of unaccounted for money, they love you in Washington.”
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“There are a lot of campaign funds and super PACs that wane or swell based on whether people are voting for the wars.”
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“The way this war ends is Kyiv falls and Ukraine is essentially part of Russia in one form or another.”
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