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John Duarte: “The environmental extremists and the ESG dei folks, the…”

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

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The 13th Congressional District w/ John Duarte

Published | Video Starts at 19:25

This is moral. What we do owns the morality of abundance and affordability and opportunity and ultimately freedom. You can't be free if you're hungry. The environmental extremists and the ESG dei folks, the whole left wing, every acronym they throw out, nonsense, battalion of Alphabet soup is an immoral group. They're tearing down the things that feed people, that keep us warm. They're destroying our community. They're trying to make us these people and those people. Now, most of us get up in the morning and I don't look in the mirror and say, hmm, as a Portuguese American, what do I want in the world today? (19:25–19:47)

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Asserts that environmental extremists and ESG/DEI advocates are harming essential resources and services.

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