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Tim Scott: “I cannot imagine doing what you are doing, trying to negotiate a deal, when you have cameras in front of you.”

On the recordJuly 11, 2023
I cannot imagine doing what you are doing, trying to negotiate a deal, when you have cameras in front of you.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Scott comments on the challenges of negotiating deals under public scrutiny.

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