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Chris Smith: “I mean, I will sell you the Brooklyn Bridge if you believe that, and I know you know, all of you that that is just so…”

On the recordApril 19, 2023
I mean, I will sell you the Brooklyn Bridge if you believe that, and I know you know, all of you that that is just so naive in the extreme and self-serving.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Dismissing the belief that trade will lead to democracy in China.

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