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Derrick Van Orden: “They're using the exact same tactics and procedures that the…”

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

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Iron-Clad Evidence? GOP Lawmaker Claims Jack Smith & Biden Weaponized Government | Mar-a-Lago Raid

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What do you think? What I think is this. Let me be crystal clear. To start off, I'm not accusing my Democrat colleagues of being Nazis, but what I'm saying is They're using the exact same tactics and procedures that the Nazis used and the Stasi, the East German equivalent of the KGB, used against their political opponents. When we weaponize government to try to eliminate a political opponent, to deny the American public the ability to choose their leaders, that is actually fascism. And it's not okay? (00:29–00:42)

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Asserts that [Democrats] are using tactics similar to Nazis and the Stasi against political opponents.

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