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Derrick Van Orden: “Joe Biden is the greatest proponent for the coal industry of…”

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

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Rep. Derrick Van Orden Discusses Israel Hostages, Hunter Biden, Biden EV Push on Mornings with Maria

Published | Video Starts at 08:35

Biden nomics is growing the the domestic EV and EV charging industry. Congressman, your thoughts? My thoughts are this. Joe Biden is the greatest proponent for the coal industry of any president in modern history because all of the electricity that's going to go into those cars is produced by coal plants. That's reality. The technology simply is not there yet. We all want our grandchildren and we're having our 12th one, by the way. (08:35–08:46)

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Asserts that President Biden's policies support the coal industry due to reliance on coal for electricity.

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