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Derrick Van Orden: “You can walk around Washington, D.C. at night now, and it's…”

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

'How did we get here?': Rep. Derrick Van Orden

Published November 26, 2025 | Video Starts at 04:00

And so we have these wonderful things that people can visit. And actually now, because the National Guard is there, they can visit them safely and securely. You can walk around Washington, D.C. at night now, and it's solely because of Donald Trump's decision to send the national guard to Washington, D.C. and he should be commended for that. Real quick, before I let you go, we're going to bring in Buck Sexton in just a second. But you were in the military. (04:00–04:08)

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Asserts that Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard has made D.C. safer at night.

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