PolitiQuote

Discover video-sourced quotes by politicians

Derrick Van Orden: “The technologies simply do not exist to skip a generation…”

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

Watch on YouTube

Wisconsin 3RD District Congressman Derrick Van Orden, Navy Seal, Vets | ELJ EP296

Published | Video Starts at 52:21

So Sarah Jane And I have 11 grandchildren, right? And we want our grandchildren to have clean energy. We do. But we have children now. And so The technologies simply do not exist to skip a generation. It's going to get 20 degrees below zero in Wisconsin, and if there's not reliable power, people's houses are going to freeze, their pipes are going to break, and they're going to freeze to death and starve. We saw this with a Great Leap Forward in China. That's right. They killed between 30 and 50 million of their own people when they did the Great Leap Forward part of the culture. (52:21–52:37)

CLAIM

Asserts that current technologies are insufficient to provide reliable power in extreme cold, risking freezing and starvation.

This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.


Derrick Van Orden

Discover more from

Derrick Van Orden

Report A Transcription Error

Please report any error in the automated transcription.

About PolitiQuote

PolitiQuote is a civic library index to statements made by politicians in publicly available video records. The index is created automatically from transcripts, with no editorial oversight or analysis. Highlighted quotes are selected by AI. Words may be added in parentheses to offer context for the quote. There may be errors in the transcription and display, so listen to the video to ensure accuracy.

PolitiQuote is a service of Gigafact Foundation, a nonpartisan nonprofit advancing facts and information transparency, community by community.

Visit gigafact.org to learn more.