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Matt Gaetz: “Those decisions are made by staff, by interest groups, by…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 1:09:37

Like the lashing together of disparate issues for just an up or down vote that kind of becomes a shirts and skins exercise is a way to detach from the realities of the decision making. And Those decisions are made by staff, by interest groups, by foreign countries at times. What's going to happen in the next two election cycles? I think we are headed for a bloodbath in the midterms for a few reasons, primarily history. (1:09:37–1:09:44)

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