The Connecticut Republican told Eric Bolling that his texts to Lev Parnas were 'just colorful' and stressed that he was a 'little landscaper.'
on Wednesday night that he didn't take the texts"seriously," and thought Hyde was"trying to make himself bigger than he was."
Pressed again for a response to suggestions he surveilled Yovanovitch, the congressional candidate said:"I mean those are pretty heavy accusations. It was just colorful, we were playing. I thought we were playing. I didn't know he was so serious."After a long pause, Bolling asked Hyde if he"had eyes on Marie Yovanovitch," referring to texts where he spoke of surveilling the ex-U.S. ambassador.
He went on to argue that"the left" was more offended by his text messages than"supporting the Iranian protesters" or caring about the opioid crisis.
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