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Peter Welch: “The president said that he's going to go after political…”

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

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Vermont Sen. Peter Welch on "The Takeout"

Published | Video Starts at 16:37

Matt Gaetz, you know, number one, we'd like to. I think that's an in your face nomination by the President. And the thing that worries me the most is The president said that he's going to go after political adversaries that's really, really a bad thing to do. But if he is going to do that, the guy who's born to do it is Matt Gaetz. And the last place a person like that should be is the attorney general in charge of the dispassionate, impartial application of law. (16:37–16:45)

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Asserts that the president intends to target political adversaries, which Welch criticizes.

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