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Derrick Van Orden: “We are less than 1% of Americans that decide to raise our…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 01:27

And we need to take that on board. And in fact, my colleague pointed out that some of these people feel like minorities. Well, We are less than 1% of Americans that decide to raise our right hand and take an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic. We're less than 1%. So we are a minority, but we're also a homogenous minority. It doesn't matter what the color of our skin is. I never asked anybody their political perspective. (01:27–01:39)

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Asserts that less than 1% of Americans take an oath to support and defend the U.S. Constitution.

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