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Mike Johnson: “Marco did not go into the Gang of Eight and say we're going…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Published | Video Starts at 50:56

He was trying to be humorous about it. Okay, do we know whether there's going to be some sort of financial arrangement in these negotiations? I mean, none of us know. But Marco did not go into the Gang of Eight and say we're going to buy Greenland. That's not what happened. Okay. Marco Rubio was a long serving member in Congress, in the Senate. He has very close colleagues and friends with most of us. (50:56–51:00)

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Asserts that Marco Rubio did not propose buying Greenland in a meeting.

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