Nicholas Begich: “In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, they're using 12…”

“And oh, by the way, so many children, so many of these jurisdictions, yes, they're using child labor. Right. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, they're using 12 year olds to sift through dirt in rivers looking for that little nugget of cobalt. so we can feel good about driving these electric vehicles. Well, that's just wrong. I don't care if you're on the left or the right, that's just wrong.” (18:40–18:50)

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