Derrick Van Orden: “There were five seals in Congress, and I. I always joke that…”

“That that wear the trident on their chest. That happen to be serving as elected officials. Why is that? Well, I'm not really sure what the root cause is there. There were five seals in Congress, and I. I always joke that means there was four too many. Well, now there's six, and we're going down to five. Unfortunately, Morgan Luttrell, who is really my running mate in Congress, I respect him tremendously, decided not to run for reelection. I don't know, man. I don't know.” (02:46–02:56)

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