Derrick Van Orden: “The Biden administration is simply lying to you [about the…”

“You don't know their names, you don't know their numbers. How many Americans are being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza? You don't know. You don't know the numbers. You don't know their names. Because The Biden administration is simply lying to you [about the number of Americans held hostage]. Because they're being worked over by a terrorist organization. Because they have projected strategic weakness through this entire presidency and it's shameful. Well, that is very disturbing.” (00:34–00:43)

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