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Pat Kreitlow: “Derek Van Orden had so little faith in Sean Duffy and the…”

Featuring: Pat Kreitlow, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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A Sclerotic Senate (Hour 1)

Published | Video Starts at 11:06

Anyway, Derek Van Horten puts up a post on his congressional account there of him outside the US Capitol with his motorcycle, and another guy is standing next to him and handing him something. Now, if you missed it, Derek Van Orden had so little faith in Sean Duffy and the airline system that he said, I'm going to ride my motorcycle 900 miles to the Capitol so I can vote on jacking up people's health insurance costs and ending the government shutdown. And, of course, he didn't do that selflessly, of course. He made social media posts out of it. He made a little political hay. He got a little national media attention for the stunt. (11:06–11:21)

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Asserts that Derek Van Orden rode his motorcycle to the Capitol to vote on increasing health insurance costs.

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