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Tom Cole: “Ronald Reagan was one of my heroes. He was running.”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 20:14

We said, you know, your mom got me going. I probably wouldn't be a Christian. She got me into that prayer circle at. In the legislature. And so he, you know, he was running. Ronald Reagan was one of my heroes. He was running. And I said, one year. I can do one year. And it paid more than I was making as a graduate assistant. So I did. And after that, there was always another political job. (20:14)

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