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Matt Gaetz: “The McConnell wing of the Republican Party is not going to…”

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

The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed

Published July 3, 2026 | Video Starts at 17:05

But practically speaking, as I said earlier, guys, let me burst your bubble. Not only are there not 60 votes in the United States Senate for this, there aren't even 50. Like, a bunch of. The McConnell wing of the Republican Party is not going to back Senator Moreno on this. And that's a shame. His vision is the right one. And it is a frequent source of frustration when we have these discussions that, like, here we have it all. (17:05–17:11)

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Asserts that a faction of the Republican Party will not support Senator Moreno's stance on birthright citizenship.

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“Today, birthright citizenship is not a thing among our peer countries.”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 03:36-03:42
“You can't even ask someone in a lot of cases if they are planning to become pregnant [when entering the United States].”
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“When you're talking about 7% of the overall births in the entire country, Pearson, it's a, it's an astonishingly high number.”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 17:43-17:51
“President Trump got his preferred candidate, but there are still those members who are like Thomas Massie or John Cornyn or Bill Cassidy who…”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 00:55-01:13
“We see these birthing tourism centers, we see the Chinese Communist Party, we see the narcos from Latin America getting their baby mamas…”
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“Amy Coney Barrett is not a reliable vote. Probably was a mistake to have on the court, frankly.”
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“We may have to use a lot more administrative screening on the front end and a lot more border enforcement.”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 08:52-08:59
“The most heartbreaking stories I ever heard in Congress were...parents who lived in Yuma, Arizona...had to take a three hour drive to…”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 11:52-12:24
“Not only are there not 60 votes in the United States Senate for this, there aren't even 50.”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 16:59-17:04
“He took the bold action of doing the executive order. The problem is, of course, invalidated.”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 18:00-18:06
“Political parties now are unshackled in the spending that they can do alongside candidates.”
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“Technically, it might advantage, you know, Republicans because we have more. More cash on hand today.”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 22:55-23:00
“It's more difficult for independent voices to have parity of communication now because of this decision.”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 23:25-23:32
“I kind of think the two party system has failed us as a country.”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 26:44-26:48
“It does materially give Republicans an advantage in the way that David described.”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 27:06-27:12
“Democrats are going to try to put like the spookiest version of Trump that they can lie about and conjure up on the ballot.”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 28:57-29:05
“We have to put [socialism] on the ballot and show how a rising Democratic Party is just a pathway to socialism.”
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“There's 100% chance [that the next Democrat administration will fire Republicans] now that this decision has come down.”
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“Trump's executive order wouldn't leave women that are competing in Illinois or New York or California unprotected. It was a nationwide ban.”
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“There is a bill right now, now, regarding college sports moving through the United States Senate.”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 35:01-35:09
“It deals with all the nil issues that David and I debated on a previous episode of this podcast.”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 35:08-35:15
“Can the Save College Sports act actually save college sports if it does not nationally codify no men in women's sports pursuant to Trump's…”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 35:16-35:30
“I know that this is exactly what they're going to do to Bernie Marino when he tries this.”
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“It's very clear there are a lot more communists and socialists than there are James Carville's.”
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“There's not some big mobilized force of door knocking Democratic moderates.”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 40:33-40:40
“Their message is now socialism and we better have a competing message because there are a lot of young people who don't think capitalism…”
The Anchormen Show EP 141 - Bench Pressed | Uploaded July 3, 2026 | 40:52-41:01
“A lot of the donors have a purity test on some of these ideological issues.”
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“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…”
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“Them saying Supergirl might have gone both ways didn't lead to more attendance.”
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“Do you think Supergirl would have done better than the box office if she didn't have to compete against the male movies that were in the box…”
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