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Derrick Van Orden: “She [Rebecca Cook] wants to give free health care to illegal aliens.”

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

Van Orden fires back in Wisconsin AI campaign ad dispute

Published October 2, 2026

What we're doing is we're telling the truth about what she does. So Rebecca Cook wants to defund the police. She wants to open the borders. She [Rebecca Cook] wants to give free health care to illegal aliens. She wants to do trans surgeries on your children, which means she wants to hand your children over to the state. And these things are simply unacceptable. (00:47–02:38)

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Claims Rebecca Cook supports free healthcare for illegal immigrants.

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“I'm an original sponsor on HRC 7008, which is the bill that prohibits members of Congress from trading stocks.”
Asserts sponsorship of a bill prohibiting Congress members from trading stocks.00:55-01:04
“She [Rebecca Cook] wants to open the borders.”
Claims Rebecca Cook supports open borders.00:47-02:35
“She [Rebecca Cook] wants to do trans surgeries on your children, which means she wants to hand your children over to the state.”
Claims Rebecca Cook supports state-funded transgender surgeries for minors.00:47-02:43
“Rebecca Cook wants to defund the police.”
Claims Rebecca Cook supports defunding the police.02:30-02:33
“Rebecca Cook has been hiding who she is forever. She's a long term political consultant that's made hundreds of thousands of dollars doing that.”
Claims Rebecca Cook is a long-term political consultant earning significant income.03:37-03:45