Matt Gaetz: “The effect was it increased their levers of control.”

“And that emanated out of the White House because they didn't care what the cause was. They cared about the effect. And The effect was it increased their levers of control. The most telling moment in the entire Covid experience was when the whip of the House majority at the time, Jim Clyburn, said, we can use this.” (16:55–16:58)

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