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Derrick Van Orden: “The fewer amount of places a hostage can physically be…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 08:34

So as you. Because you're not going to bomb a hostage on purpose. Right. So. And as that number decreases, it's just. It's a math problem. The fewer amount of places a hostage can physically be located to in essence, be a shield for these terrorists. I want to turn to the comments that J.D. vance made last week in Munich and the meltdown of the left and the Europeans. Some people called the speech belligerent on the left. (08:34–08:43)

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Asserts that fewer hostages reduce the number of locations terrorists can use as shields.

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