NEWS: “That’s a new one on me," Senate Intel member on Gaetz’s “human-alien hybrid” claim

(partial) **TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mike Rounds (4-14-2026)** **SCENE:** *Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo spots Sen. Mike Rounds and two aides hopping one of the Senate’s underground trams, so he slides onto the tram car — before realizing the other half of it is overflowing with Spring tourists…* **Laslo:** “What are you hearing from the White House about Trump saying he’s going to release all the UFO files?” **Rounds:** “Haven’t heard a word.” **Laslo:** “No?” **Rounds:** “Nope. Haven’t heard a word.” **Laslo:** “Does that make you skeptical of the claim…?” **Rounds:** “No.” *Tram starts pulling away from Capitol.* **Rounds:** “No. I just think the President probably has the same curiosity the rest of us do...” — Full raw interview at [*Ask a Pol UAP*](https://www.askapoluaps.com/p/senate-intel-laughing-gaetz-off) on Substack —   **LAST SECTION of interview:** **Laslo:** “Do you remember the name Matt Gaetz?” *Rounds looks at a loss as his staff whispers in his ear.* **Laslo:** “Matt Gaetz, he’s now got his own show on OAN.” **Rounds:** “Oh, okay.” **Laslo:** “He’s out there saying that he was briefed by a military, by military personnel, a guy who claimed that there was like a human-alien hybrid program.” **Rounds:** “A what?” **Laslo:** “I don’t f\*\*\*ing know, sir.” *Rounds laughs.* **Laslo:** “But basically, humans and aliens being, like, bred together by the government. What do you make of that?” **Rounds:** “That’s a new one on me...”   Full video of interview & transcript at [*Ask a Pol UAP*](https://www.askapoluaps.com/p/senate-intel-laughing-gaetz-off) on Substack.