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The Rubin Report

The Moment I Hit My Breaking Point with D.C. Corruption | Matt Gaetz | POLITICS | Rubin Report

The Rubin Report

Emma Dog Productions

News, News Commentary

4.614.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to Rep. Matt Gaetz about Washington, D.C., corruption; how corporate lobbyists write most legislation; the real reason he fought for more concessions during Kevin McCarthy's speaker vote; why his plan to break up Big Tech is more necessary than ever; how the "Twitter files" confirmed conservatives' worst fears about social media censorship; why he and Dan Crenshaw disagree about Ukraine military aid; what he thinks will happen in the Trump vs. DeSantis battle; and much more.

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0:00.0

All right, we're still in DC. I'm still Dave Rubin. It's still the Rubin Report.

0:11.1

And joining me today is the Congressman from Florida's first district. And the first

0:16.5

time Rubin Report guest was just really bizarre to me. Matt Gates. Matt, how are you?

0:20.6

Thanks for having me.

0:21.6

This is weird to me that we've never sat down before. I feel like you've been fighting

0:24.8

with everybody.

0:25.8

I feel like I know you because I watch the show.

0:27.8

How am I doing?

0:29.6

You're getting the message out.

0:31.6

Kill him in the hair game. That's really what I want to focus on.

0:34.1

You know, when Dave Brat lost in Virginia, it was sad to see a colleague I respected

0:39.1

go, but that was when I got the best hair in Congress. And so, you know, there's some

0:43.6

up in commerce. Kylie out of California. He's got great hair, great height. I'm worried

0:48.6

about him.

0:49.6

Is that mostly what's going on behind the scenes like everyone's like, who has the best

0:52.5

hair, who has the worst hair plugs? That's pretty much what's happening.

0:55.4

I wish there was a border bill up. How about that for a lead? I wish that we were talking

1:01.4

about internal enforcement and asylum reform. One thing that frustrates me a little is that

1:09.6

we've passed two bills that deal with the borders of Indian tribes and not yet a bill to

1:14.2

deal with the border of our country. So, I wouldn't give our Congress an A-plus yet until

1:20.3

we get the work of the people done.

1:22.0

I like it. You're going right into the issue. So, let's do it right there. Well, actually,

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