Tim Burchett
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And it just, you get elected.
I remember I was first elected and I was sitting on the House floor and these guys were walking in and they're coming into their committee with their entourage.
You think once you're elected, you're going to be asked to negotiate a trade deal with North Korea or something by the president.
That's just not the reality.
But you get this reinforcement from the lobbyists and the public and everything, and you start believing your own press releases.
I'm sorry I've talked too long.
There's a committee that feeds this to the speaker.
If that makes sense.
And that's sort of the the hierarchy.
I forget the name of them, but it's what I call the selection committee.
And if somebody dies or somebody gets indicted.
Man, the ink's not even dry on it, and they're already figuring out a way to get to that position.
Seeing how it moves them up.
I can move up from nothing to be the third assistant to whatever.
I forget.
They've got all kinds of names, but to me, it's a bunch of BS.
People in church.
More people have played professional baseball in this country than have been elected to Congress.
That tells you how elite or whatever you want to call it.
I just remember the YouTube football game and this chairman ended up, he ended up getting indicted.