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Derrick Van Orden: “When we weaponize government to try to eliminate a political…”

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

Published | Video Starts at 00:41

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? And these people, this Jack guy, forget about it. That dude needs to go to prison. (00:41–00:53)

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