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Matt Gaetz: “None of them are really eager to go, like, give away their…”

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

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The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed

Published | Video Starts at 44:47

That's right. And with donors, by the way, a lot of the donors have a purity test on some of these ideological issues. And they are. They're enthusiastic about it. None of them are really eager to go, like, give away their own money to the illegal immigrants who are camped out on their street corners, but they definitely want to do it with government money. Well, and, you know, this is actually a great example. You talk about the purity test, Matt, and it's exactly what this is. Look what happened to Wiener over the weekend in San Francisco. (44:47–44:57)

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