{"id":1984655,"date":"2023-07-27T21:31:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T01:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-derrick-van-orden-on-defense-after-cursing-at-teenage-senate-pages-i-dont-give-a-f-who-you-are-get-out\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T21:33:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T01:33:44","slug":"rep-derrick-van-orden-on-defense-after-cursing-at-teenage-senate-pages-i-dont-give-a-f-who-you-are-get-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-derrick-van-orden-on-defense-after-cursing-at-teenage-senate-pages-i-dont-give-a-f-who-you-are-get-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Derrick Van Orden defends his actions towards Senate pages: &#8216;I don&#8217;t care who you are. Leave.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-derrick-van-orden-on-defense-after-cursing-at-teenage-senate-pages-i-dont-give-a-f-who-you-are-get-out%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984655&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) Faces Backlash for\u200b Disrespectful Encounter with Senate Pages<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. \u2064Derrick\u200c Van Orden \u2063(R-WI), a\u2063 retired Navy SEAL and freshman \u2064GOP representative, is currently under fire for his recent \u2064behavior during an evening tour of the \u2062Capitol. According to a transcript written by a Senate page,\u2064 Van Orden was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-year-old-girl-pepper-sprayed-during-interaction-with-rochester-police\/\" title=\"9-Year-Old Girl Pepper Sprayed During Interaction With Rochester Police\">heard yelling<\/a> and cursing at the pages, referring\u2064 to them as &#8220;lazy s***s&#8221; and demanding that they &#8220;get the\u2064 f*** up&#8221; off the Capitol Rotunda where they \u200bwere lying down and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-university-hosts-white-caucus-meeting-to-unpack-systemic-oppression\/\" title=\"Elon University Hosts \u2018White Caucus\u2019 Meeting To \u2018Unpack\u2019 \u2018Systemic Oppression\u2019\">taking photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Senate \u2064Pages:\u2062 Dedicated Assistants in the Chamber<\/h3>\n<p>Senate pages, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-derrick-van-orden-on-defense-after-cursing-at-teenage-senate-pages-i-dont-give-a-f-who-you-are-get-out\/\" title=\"Rep. Derrick Van Orden defends his actions towards Senate pages: 'I don't care who you are. Leave.'\">typically high \u200cschool-aged individuals<\/a>, play a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-thought-he-was-trying-to-sleep-with-me-says-gov-cuomos-sexual-harassment-accuser\/\" title=\"\u2018I thought he was trying to sleep with me,\u201d says Gov. Cuomo\u2019s sexual harassment accuser\">crucial role<\/a> in\u200d the chamber by delivering correspondence and legislative materials, among other tasks. However, \u200cVan Orden seemed dismissive of their responsibilities, asking them, &#8220;Who the f*** are you?&#8221;\u2063 and insisting that they \u2062leave. \u2063He even went as \u200bfar as calling them &#8220;jackasses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Van Orden did not deny\u2064 the incident but instead \u200cexpressed \u200dhis frustration \u200bwith the pages\u200b treating the Capitol &#8220;like a frat house common room.&#8221; \u2064He emphasized \u2064the historical significance of\u200c the Capitol Rotunda, which served as a hospital for wounded troops during the Civil War, suggesting that the pages&#8217; actions were disrespectful.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred after midnight while Senate pages were working late to assist\u2063 members\u200c with markups for the National Defense Authorization Act before the August recess.<\/p>\n<h3>Van Orden Stands Firm Despite Criticism<\/h3>\n<p>When confronted\u2063 with \u200bthe transcript \u200bof the interaction, Van Orden responded\u200c defiantly, stating, &#8220;Threatening a congressman with bad press to excuse poor behavior is a reminder of everything\u200b that\u2019s wrong with Washington.&#8221; He further added, &#8220;Luckily, bad press\u2062 has \u200bnever bothered\u200c me, and\u200b if\u2063 it&#8217;s\u200c the\u2062 price I\u200d pay\u2062 to stand up for what&#8217;s\u200b right, then\u200d so be it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen how this incident will impact Van Orden&#8217;s reputation and standing within\u2063 the political community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read \u2064more\u200d from the Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), a retired Navy SEAL, faced backlash for verbally attacking Senate pages during an evening Capitol tour. He used profanity, referring to them as &#8220;lazy s***s&#8221; and demanding they leave the Capitol Rotunda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1984656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1984656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}