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Derrick Van Orden: “The percentage of African American children that are born in…”

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

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DERRICK VAN ORDEN Navy SEAL Interview on First Class Fatherhood

Published | Video Starts at 09:51

If you look at the degradation of our society and pin that to when the family started breaking up, it's undeniable. So my discounting, am I discounting single parents? No, I was raised by a single mother. So I. The percentage of African American children that are born in single family homes is astronomical, especially as compared to other ethnic groups or racial groups in the United States. And that has had an appreciable effect. So how I would prefer the government in any way to be involved in this is to very sharply look at the social … (09:51–09:55)

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Asserts that a high percentage of African American children are born in single-parent homes compared to other groups.

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