Mike Lawler: “You now throw in Zoran and, and you will see a mass exodus…”

“It has been besieged by horrible leadership. Kathy Hochul is the most feckless, failed, incompetent governor in the country, and it's not even close. And the fact is, it's only getting worse. And You now throw in Zoran and, and you will see a mass exodus like we've never seen. So, look, it's not a function of, like, I'm going to leave the Republicans or, or, you know, go to the middle. The, the fact is, this is who I am and who I've always been.” (16:10–16:17)

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