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John Duarte: “Electric vehicles [are] crushing lives around the world…”

Featuring: John Duarte, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 13

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John Duarte Goes Back And Forth With Buttigieg Over EV 'Slavery'

Published | Video Starts at 02:58

This. You call it technology, but technology in my book makes lives better. I don't see electric vehicles making lives tremendously better here in the United States. They're Electric vehicles [are] crushing lives around the world. We've got slave trade in Congo. I just can't accept it. That's a necessary concept. Newer technology. Don't accept it. If you feel a glow driving an electric vehicle here today in America, go ahead and … (02:58–03:08)

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Asserts that the production of electric vehicles is linked to slave trade in Congo.

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