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Matt Gaetz: “The value is in somebody who offshores your plant to…”

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

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The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz | Be Cool. It'll Work Out.

Published | Video Starts at 15:51

The problem is that that value wasn't always realized by the working women and men of this country. The values is, is some hedge fund operator who shorts agricultural foodstuffs, screws the farmers and gets paid. The value is in somebody who offshores your plant to Chihuahua, Mexico. And sure, yes, yes, high intelligence and aptitude created efficiency, but at the cost of quality of life. And I think what Trump is saying is that actually the quality of life of Americans is what is core to this experience. (15:51–15:58)

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Asserts that offshoring plants to Chihuahua, Mexico, is a source of value.

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