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Derrick Anderson: “It emboldens our enemies and emboldens our adversaries…”

Featuring: Derrick Anderson, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Virginia, District 7

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Derrick Joins Fox News to Discuss VA-07 & the Need for Stronger Leadership in the White House

Published | Video Starts at 01:18

Yeah, Jonathan, I mean, one of the things we have to look at is President Biden's performance at that debate, not only from his mental state and or his physical state, but just his positions in general have been weak. And so It emboldens our enemies and emboldens our adversaries, whether it be Russia, whether it be China in the South China Sea, whether it be Hamas and their attacks on Israel, whether it be the Iranian backed proxies that continuously attack our service members overseas. So when our, when our enemies smell weakness, they're going to exploit it. And that's exactly what we have on our hands right now. (01:18–01:34)

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Asserts that perceived weakness emboldens adversaries like Russia, China, Hamas, and Iranian-backed proxies.

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