Senate leaders rebuke lawmaker after reports of profanity-laced rant at teen pages

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Rep. Derrick Van Orden, a freshman Republican from Wisconsin, who also was part of the Capitol attack on 1/6, attacked teenaged Congressional pages for taking pictures in the Rotunda with a profanity-laced attack. Even Republicans rebuked this treasonous dipshit for his actions.

https://thehill.com/homenews/4123626-gop-congressman-curses-out-teenage-senate-pages/
‘Jackasses,’ ‘little shits’: GOP congressman curses out teenage Senate pages
According to a transcript written by a page minutes after the incident and obtained by The Hill, Van Orden called the pages “jackasses” and “pieces of s‑‑‑,” and told them he didn’t “give a f‑‑‑ who you are.”

The pages are a group of 16- and 17-year-olds who assist Senate operations, and when the Senate works late — as it did Wednesday night on National Defense Authorization Act amendments — pages generally rest nearby in the rotunda.

“Wake the f‑‑‑ up you little s‑‑‑‑. … What the f‑‑‑ are you all doing? Get the f‑‑‑ out of here. You are defiling the space you [pieces of s‑‑‑],” Van Orden said, according to the account provided by the page.

“Who the f‑‑‑ are you?” Van Orden asked, to which one person said they were Senate pages. “I don’t give a f‑‑‑ who you are, get out.”

“You jackasses, get out,” he added.

The incident, which occurred just after midnight, outraged members of the upper chamber, with one calling the string of remarks “horrible
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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-leaders-rebuke-rep-derrick-van-orden-after/story?id=101765606
Senate leaders rebuke lawmaker after reports of profanity-laced rant at teen pages
Rep. Van Orden said the Capitol should "never be treated like a frat house."
Senate leaders on Thursday came to the defense of high-school pages after reports that Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., berated a group of the teens in the Capitol in a profanity-laced rant.

In floor speeches Thursday before departing for August recess, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell indirectly rebuked Van Orden as they praised the work done by pages on what was their final day.

Schumer said it was his understanding that "late last night, a member of the House majority thought it appropriate to curse at some of these young people, these teenagers, in the rotunda."

"I was shocked when I heard about it and I am further shocked at his refusal to apologize to these young people," the Democratic leader continued, adding he didn't believe "one member's disrespect is shared by this body."

McConnell, the chamber's top Republican, agreed with Schumer and reaffirmed that "everybody on this side of the aisle feels exactly the same way."
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Cypress said:
He would probably be fired from any professional organizations I have been employed at
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Agreed. Let's hope Wisconsin voters decide to do the same in 2024. He only narrowly won the last election. His various antics might cause voters to look for someone else to represent them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Van_Orden
LGBT library book incident
On June 17, 2021, Van Orden confronted a teenaged library page at Prairie du Chien Memorial Library in indignation over a display of books with LGBT themes assembled for Pride Month.[15] Van Orden was particularly upset by the book A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, about a fictional day in the life of Marlon Bundo, the real-life pet rabbit of former Vice President of the United States Mike Pence, and the rabbit's subsequent same-sex romance. Van Orden submitted a written complaint to the library that the book was "skewing young people to think that Republicans are not inclusive. This book is not informational, it is propaganda".[16] A staff member described Van Orden as "very uncomfortable, threatening" with "full-on shouting" and "aggressively shoving the books around". He wanted to know who had established the display so he could "teach them a lesson".[15] Van Orden subsequently withdrew all the books on display out of the library and then returned them within a week.[15]

Gun arrest
On August 27, 2021, Van Orden was arrested at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after attempting to carry a fully-loaded SIG Sauer handgun through a security checkpoint.[17] He initially pleaded not guilty, but later waived his rights and pleaded guilty.[17] The court ordered Van Orden to pay fines and complete a gun safety program. He was placed on one year's probation on December 28, 2021.[
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