Derrick Van Orden: “Nearly every draconian measure taken by the predominantly…”

“And again, this is written in March of 2021. Our nation is over a year into the COVID lockdowns. What's becoming more apparent every day is that the nearly that Nearly every draconian measure taken by the predominantly democrat controlled states and municipalities have not only become counterproductive, but are actually detrimental. What started as a response to a public emergency morphed into a classic government overreach, then devolved into a series of arbitrary and capricious edicts pronounced by petty tyrants who reveled in their newfound personal political power.” (00:44–00:53)

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