… you know, talked about for months and months before my name ever came up, before the president ever nominated me. These are people behind the scenes. These are, you know, The deep state in DC is real. It is absolutely, positively real. The president's done a good job about getting some of the folks out of there and finding some of these people and getting them out of government. (43:48–43:53)
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Asserts the existence of a "deep state" in Washington, D.C.
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