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Tom Emmer: “When Donald Trump came into the office the first time, I…”

Featuring: Tom Emmer, Republican | Majority Whip, U.S. House, Minnesota's 6th District

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Fireside Chat with Majority Whip Tom Emmer on Cryptocurrency and Legislative Priorities

Published | Video Starts at 05:34

And so the next step was to try and bring you all in, try to tell you that, hey, come on in, the water's nice. We'll be good to you. And you know what? That's not where the population is today. And When Donald Trump came into the office the first time, I thought we were going to make some serious progress. I mean, Brian Brooks was there, we had Hester Purse, we had some allies that were ready to start moving this stuff. And then we ran into a real problem with the administration. (05:34–05:40)

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