{"id":1985529,"date":"2023-07-28T20:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T00:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-running-against-rep-derrick-van-orden-reacts-to-senate-pages-incident\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T20:49:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T00:49:22","slug":"democrat-running-against-rep-derrick-van-orden-reacts-to-senate-pages-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-running-against-rep-derrick-van-orden-reacts-to-senate-pages-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat opposes Rep. Derrick Van Orden over Senate pages incident."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fdemocrat-running-against-rep-derrick-van-orden-reacts-to-senate-pages-incident%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=1985529&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>Democrat \u200dRebecca Cooke Criticizes GOP Freshman for Swearing at Teenage Senate Pages<\/h2>\n<p>Democrat Rebecca \u2064Cooke, who \u2062is running against Rep. Derrick Van Orden\u2063 (R-WI) \u200bin Wisconsin&#8217;s 3rd Congressional District,\u200c has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/must-watch-foxs-maccallum-blisters-national-teachers-union-president-on-alleged-influence-on-biden-critical-race-theory-1619-project\/\" title=\"MUST-WATCH: Fox\u2019s MacCallum Blisters National Teachers Union President On Alleged Influence On Biden, Critical Race Theory, 1619 Project\">strongly criticized<\/a> the\u200b GOP \u2062freshman for his inappropriate behavior towards teenage \u2064Senate pages. Cooke seized this opportunity to raise funds for her campaign, \u200chighlighting the incident as an \u2062example of Van Orden&#8217;s character.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Becca\u2063 Cooke, the Democrat running to \u2063beat Derrick Van Orden,\u201d Cooke \u200bstated on \u2062Friday. \u200b\u201cHe\u2019s\u2062 the MAGA weirdo who just cussed out a \u200dbunch of kids in the Capitol rotunda.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Van Orden&#8217;s Outburst<\/h3>\n<p>During \u2063an evening\u2064 tour of the Capitol on Wednesday, Van\u200c Orden\u2064 yelled and cursed at Senate pages. These pages, who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-running-against-rep-derrick-van-orden-reacts-to-senate-pages-incident\/\" title=\"Democrat opposes Rep. Derrick Van Orden over Senate pages incident.\">typically high school-aged<\/a> and\u200c assist\u2062 in the Senate by delivering correspondence and legislative materials, documented the incident in a transcript shortly\u200b after it occurred after\u200d midnight.<\/p>\n<p>According to the transcript, the freshman representative referred to \u2064the pages as &#8220;lazy s***s&#8221; and instructed them to &#8220;get the f*** up&#8221; off the Capitol Rotunda, where they were lying down and taking photos. The Hill \u2062obtained \u2062the transcript \u2064after Punchbowl News\u200c initially reported the \u200cinteraction.<\/p>\n<p>Van \u2064Orden defended himself to the\u200c Washington Examiner \u200don Thursday evening, emphasizing the historical \u2063significance of the Capitol Rotunda \u2062as a former hospital for \u200dsoldiers during\u200d the Civil War.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I have\u2064 long said our nation\u2019s Capitol is\u2064 a symbol \u200dof the sacrifice our servicemen and\u200d women have made for this country and should never be treated like a\u2063 <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.'\">frat house common room<\/a>,\u201d \u200bVan Orden said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Cooke&#8217;s\u2062 Campaign Against Van\u200d Orden<\/h3>\n<p>Cooke recently announced her bid to unseat Van \u200cOrden, positioning \u200bherself as the \u2064normal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/united-imaging-shares-shoot-75-higher-in-shanghai-debut\/\" title=\"United Imaging shares shoot 75% higher in Shanghai debut\">homegrown leader<\/a>\u2064 of \u2062Wisconsin&#8217;s\u2063 3rd Congressional District.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for Derrick to go, and I\u2019m the normal, homegrown #WI03 leader who can\u200c beat him,\u201d \u200dCooke confidently \u2064stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the\u200d 2022 primary, Cooke finished 8 points behind\u200d state Sen. Brad Pfaff in a four-way\u2062 race. Van Orden, a staunch\u200d ally of former President Donald Trump, succeeded \u2064Democrat Ron \u2064Kind, who retired after holding the Wisconsin seat for \u200cover \u200b24 years.<\/p>\n<h3>Reactions from GOP Members and Senate Leaders<\/h3>\n<p>Following \u2063the incident, several GOP members have expressed their disapproval of \u2063Van Orden&#8217;s behavior. House\u2063 Speaker Kevin\u2062 McCarthy (R-CA)\u200c stated that he plans to address the issue with Van Orden.<\/p>\n<p>Senate leaders Chuck \u2063Schumer\u2063 (D-NY) \u200band Mitch McConnell (R-KY) also commented on the incident. \u2064Schumer expressed\u200b shock\u200b at Van Orden&#8217;s refusal to\u200c apologize to the young people involved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Rebecca Cooke, challenging Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) in Wisconsin&#8217;s 3rd Congressional District, condemned the GOP freshman for verbally abusing Senate pages. Cooke seized the moment to raise campaign funds, stating, &#8220;I&#8217;m Becca Cooke, the Democrat aiming to defeat Derrick Van Orden.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1985530,"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-1985529","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\/1985529","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=1985529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1985530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}