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Matt Gaetz: “What we've heard from Republicans, Owen, is that there is a…”

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

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The Anchormen Show Episode 99 - Where Faith Meets Politics w/ Pearson Sharp and Own Girard

Published | Video Starts at 25:23

No one has a backbone to do that. I don't see any Republicans pushing back on. Certainly is more. Well, What we've heard from Republicans, Owen, is that there is a growing chorus within the Republican conference saying we just need to focus on the criminal illegal aliens and we need to stop any enforcement against someone who is not a known criminal. If that were the policy of Republicans broadly, do you think it would deflate the base? Yeah, absolutely. We came here for, we voted for mass deportations for a reason. (25:23–25:40)

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