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Matt Gaetz: “We have to care more about the consequences and outcomes…”

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

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The Anchormen Show Episode 91 - From Caracas to Kiev w: Damian Merlo & Pearson Sharp

Published | Video Starts at 10:46

And, you know, I wonder if there is a deviation from neoconservatism, but that also believes in a very robust presence in our own hemisphere. You know, Damian makes this argument that this is our home. We have to care more about the consequences and outcomes that are just a hop, skip and a jumping away than, you know, what's going on in Taiwan or what's going on in Syria. I want you to reflect first on where you chart that viewpoint within the not Rand Paul, but not Lindsey Graham, where you kind of see that in the political space. (10:46–10:59)

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Asserts that the U.S. should prioritize issues in its own hemisphere over those in Taiwan or Syria.

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