So for five consecutive congresses, I've introduced legislation designate the Muslim Brotherhood the holdup we got very close during the first Trump administration. I thought we were going to get it done. During the first Trump administration, The resistance was from the deep state at the State Department, the career bureaucrats there. And I'll tell you the old versions of the legislation. The way I wrote it, it was top down. What does that mean? (23:00–23:07)
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