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Matt Gaetz: “Minnesota being the center of our political universe.”

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

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Published January 16, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:57

You are exactly the person I wanted to have to discuss just where the country is right now. I would not have had on my 2026 bingo card, but Minnesota being the center of our political universe. But here we are. Whether it is the Somali fraud or whether it is this shooting that now has passions inflamed around immigration enforcement, everyone is focused on what is … (00:57–01:01)

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“It is definitionally part of the American experience to have people washing over our borders in the tens of thousands per week.”
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“You go a few presidents back, and you find folks who've taken some pretty substantial bribes from the Sinaloa cartel.”
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“The good agents know in border Patrol that There are corrupt agents who are watching their moves and reporting back to the, to the narcos.”
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“Amlo, who definitely is aligned in interest with a lot of these cartels.”
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“Sanctuary policies that we've seen from Governor Walz, from the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Fry, they have drawn the attention of the…”
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“A lot of those CBP folks had had a lot of training because there was just so much of a turnstile at the border.”
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“Any red or blue or purple jurisdiction would want to have a positive relationship with federal law enforcement.”
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“In an election that was principally about the open borders of the Biden Harris era.”
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“I wouldn't even think that signing an agreement between your local community and ICE would even put you firmly in the camp of illegal…”
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“In the sanctuary jurisdiction of New Orleans, [there is] immigration enforcement.”
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“In some of these small towns and in some of these areas, the local businesses have a lot to say about who the sheriff's going to be or who…”
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“They may be benefiting from some of that illegal alien labor.”
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“There were real discussions and debates and disputes about [the agriculture industry exemption].”
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“You have the better college football teams this year, but we have better ICE cooperation agreements than you Texans do.”
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“If you remove that, then Pearson's probably right, then the momentum toward the deportation will be stalled.”
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“I still believe they will have to maintain the Trump policies that have created a totally different dynamic on the border.”
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“The Trump administration is taking this very muscular and aggressive posture in the Americas.”
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“That's just not a thing.”
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“An incredible discussion. Amin Blair, someone who served in the United States army, also served in our customs and and Border Protection.”
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