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Mike Pence: “Karl Marx did [come up with the idea of the government…”

Featuring: Mike Pence, Conservative | Former Vice President of the United States | National

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Mike Pence: What Conservatives Believe—And Why It Matters

Published | Video Starts at 26:04

And as I said on a lot of stops in the last week, actually with all due respect to Senator Elizabeth Warren, she didn't come up with that idea of, you know, the government nationalizing private enterprise. Karl Marx did [come up with the idea of the government nationalizing private enterprise]. you know. But this is part of that horseshoe theory where you see both sides coming together and it's, it's not what conservatives believe and it's big inspiration in my book. (26:04–26:06)

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Asserts that the idea of government nationalizing private enterprise originated with Karl Marx.

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