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Derrick Van Orden: “It is the duty of a citizen to disobey your government when…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

Life, Liberty & Pursuit of Happiness with Derrick Van Orden | Mighty Oaks Show 064

Published April 24, 2020 | Video Starts at 37:41

I mean, we are still responsible. But listen, man, it is the duty of a citizen to obey your government in a time of crisis. And it's It is the duty of a citizen to disobey your government when they have proven to make tyrannical measures. And I firmly believe that. Let me read something to you, man. This is from a dude. These are the times that try men's souls. (37:41–37:50)

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Asserts that citizens have a duty to disobey the government when it enacts tyrannical measures.

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“I spent about 16 years away from home. Al Qaeda is not in Wisconsin.”
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“I was in the Army Special Forces Medical Sergeants course, which is an incredible, incredible program. Very difficult.”
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“I'm going to be representing Christians, I'm going to be representing Muslims, I'm going to be representing atheists, I'm going to be…”
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“The people that actually have religious faith is going this way.”
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“We had our caucus this last Saturday, and there was more people attending this caucus.”
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“We got 73% of the vote on the first ballot.”
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“I think that you've had about 3,500 folks go through your program and you've had one suicide and that person had pre existing pretty serious…”
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“I will fight to make sure that [programs that reduce active duty and veteran suicides are] implemented and funded.”
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“Funding the Kennedy center has nothing to do with saving people's lives in a crisis.”
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“I declared candidacy like 30 hours later. COVID 19, boom and locks down.”
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“We built this program. It's own Facebook page. It's apolitical.”
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“What that has to do is it increases the probability of voter fraud.”
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“He arbitrarily extended this another 30 days.”
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“The 10th amendment of the United the Constitution is really clear.”
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“All the economic disaster taking place in the country, that's square on the shoulders of these governors.”
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“The models that they use, the one in England and Washington state, have proven to be inaccurate.”
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“The actual metadata that we're gathering out of this, especially with the serological tests of people who've been exposed to COVID 19…”
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“America is the strongest, most resilient country in the history of the world.”
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“The last eight years previous to our current president, now President Trump, they've got to be pretty dark there for a while.”
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“Ron Kahn guy, held that [USMCA] thing up for 13 months.”
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“Franklin Roosevelt would be a Republican, John Kennedy would be a Republican.”
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