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Matt Gaetz: “We saw four Republicans join with the Democrats to give the…”

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The Anchormen Show Episode 85 - #WalkAway w/ Brandon Straka

Published | Video Starts at 20:33

Yeah, well, I want to talk about that in the policy choices too, because we saw something this week in Congress we don't see often. We saw four Republicans join with the Democrats to give the Democrats 218 votes to force a vote on the Obamacare extensions that were the subject of this shutdown and that have the Senate all tied up. And so they have shown they have 218 votes in the House, 214 Democrats, four Republicans to pass the Obamacare subsidies. Now, we used to run against Obamacare by saying, well, this is socialism, this is socialized medicine. (20:33–20:49)

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