There's a 1 percent to 2 percent chance it's logistics. There's a 98 percent to 99 percent chance it's the optics. Look, politics has become, you know, from even 10 years ago when there were moments you could put politics aside and do what you were actually elected to do, which is lead, help, you know, that kind of stuff, it has now infected everything.
On the recordAugust 31, 2023
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Kinzinger discusses the likelihood that the reason for DeSantis not meeting Biden is more about political optics than logistics.
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