Ryan Walters: “Republicans bought and paid for by the teachers union in our…”

“So I wanted to ask you, I mean, do you think maybe it just got too political with you as a state? Absolutely not. What you see, and again, when you see these Republicans that are detractors, we have Republicans bought and paid for by the teachers union in our state. That's the way the teachers union operates inside red states. They know, they know where the power structure is and so they go and buy off these Republican elected officials.” (17:31–17:35)

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