Tucker Carlson: “People [Republican officials] taking money from the payday…”

“Well, because there is widespread indecent behavior among Republican officials. Not just indecent sexual behavior, though doubtless that exists too, but out in the open. Public indecency, for example. People [Republican officials] taking money from the payday loan lobby. Yes, that happens. Or from foreign governments. That happens too. Or openly advocating for pointless wars in which Americans get killed for no reason, in which our treasury is drained on behalf of somebody else, not us.” (00:17–06:16)

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