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Peter Welch: “Matt Gaetz is barely a lawyer, as I understand it, and has…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Vermont Sen. Peter Welch on "The Takeout"

Published | Video Starts at 20:55

It's experience of running a large, complex organization. And, you know, to Defense Secretary, having been a very successful media personality, it's not necessarily a transferable skill. Matt Gaetz is barely a lawyer, as I understand it, and has made a name for himself as a firebrand, not as an impartial adjudicator of justice. So these stretch the limits, I'll put it that way. And they also emphasize what President Elect Trump has said quite clearly over and over. Is his number one criterion loyalty. (20:55–21:09)

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Asserts that Matt Gaetz is not well-qualified as a lawyer and is known for being a firebrand.

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