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Matt Gaetz: “It's this war, it's the closure of the Straits of Hormuz…”

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

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CHINA, RINOs, & AOC | The Anchormen Show w/ Matt Gaetz & Pearson Sharp

Published | Video Starts at 39:41

People who were in the Northeast and dealing with the winter were able to get through a heating cycle without just completely emptying their entire bank accounts. And It's this war, it's the closure of the Straits of Hormuz, it's the disruption of global energy markets that is really jostled with what was, I think, otherwise, a brilliant strategy that was in place before us. But, but what you just mentioned about Democrats being trusted more on the economy right now in this flashpoint moment, it gets me very frightened when I look at it through the lens of where Democrat presidential politics is going. (39:41–39:55)

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Asserts that current global conflicts and disruptions have affected previous energy strategies.

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