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Derrick Van Orden: “There was no police here yet. Those are just random…”

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

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VFW Podcast Episode 50: Let Us Reason Together

Published | Video Starts at 39:51

Especially when someone's big, right. Because the arteries are inside, you know. And I heard we got to start doing traffic control. And I turned around, looked over my shoulder. There was no police here yet. Those are just random Americans. They blocked off the highway. You know, they're protecting us as we're helping this kid. So this is why Sarah is amazing. He. He's. He goes, is. Is my leg still there? And I said, when. (39:51–39:58)

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Asserts that civilians, not police, initially blocked off the highway during the accident.

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