Matt Gaetz
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I think that they will then – the problem is the candy becomes the poison for them because when they do this big elect us so that we can use all these tools to fight Trump, then once they get that power –
They're going to be pressed to continually use the silliest ones.
And think about what they've already used.
They've already used like the attempted application of criminal law.
That backfired.
They already used the impeachment process.
That backfired.
And so what I think Democrats believe or what they've recently been conditioned to believe is that shutdowns are good for them.
under Trump, that that's good politics.
So my prediction is Democrats win the midterms.
They execute a series of ransom-like shutdowns on Trump.
The country gets weary of that and probably elects J.D.
Vance president in 2028.
On our side?
Against you apparently, which is – I'm not in the race.
I've never seen that.
It's odd to have someone running for president against – that the organizing principle of their campaign is to attack someone else who is not running for president.
It's a novel theory for Ted.
What is that to you?
Ted and Ron DeSantis both want to be president really bad, but they suffer from a likability problem.