{"id":1985537,"date":"2023-07-28T20:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T00:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-rebuked-for-what-he-said-to-senate-pages\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T20:56:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T00:56:16","slug":"congressman-rebuked-for-what-he-said-to-senate-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-rebuked-for-what-he-said-to-senate-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressman faces backlash for inappropriate comments to Senate pages."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fcongressman-rebuked-for-what-he-said-to-senate-pages%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=1985537&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>A Freshman Congressman&#8217;s Controversial Encounter with Senate\u200b Pages<\/h2>\n<p>A\u2062 freshman Republican congressman from Wisconsin recently found himself in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-gaetz-defends-his-decision-to-criticize-rep-cheney\/\" title=\"Rep. Gaetz defends his decision to criticize Rep. Cheney\">hot water<\/a> after a late-night tour of the \u200cCapitol took an unexpected turn. During \u2064the tour, Rep. \u200dDerrick Van Orden allegedly yelled and\u200c cursed \u200bat high school-age Senate pages,\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kent-kaiser-proposed-antitrust-legislation-helps-china-threatens-americas-technology-edge\/\" title=\"Kent Kaiser: Proposed Antitrust Legislation Helps China, Threatens America\u2019s Technology Edge\">drawing bipartisan criticism<\/a> from Senate leaders.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200dinterviews on\u2064 Wisconsin conservative talk radio, Van Orden did not deny\u200b the \u2062reports of his actions nor did he offer an apology\u2063 for his \u200dbehavior.<\/p>\n<p>According to \u2063a report in the online political newsletter PunchBowl News,\u2064 Van Orden used profanity to describe the pages as lazy\u200c and\u2063 ordered them off the floor\u200c of the Capitol Rotunda. The incident\u200c occurred \u2064when the pages were lying \u2064down to take photos \u2063in the Rotunda.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to apologize \u2062for \u200dmaking sure that anybody \u2062\u2014 I \u2063don\u2019t care who you are and \u200dwho you\u2019re related to \u2014 defiles this House,\u201d \u200cVan Orden said. \u201cIt\u2019s \u2064not going to happen on my watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Van \u2062Orden justified \u2063his actions by stating that he was\u200c protecting the integrity of the Capitol Rotunda,\u200b which served as\u2062 a field hospital during the Civil War and has been \u2064the site of presidential\u200d lying-in-state ceremonies. He \u200daccused\u2062 the young people \u200che confronted of &#8220;goofing off&#8221; and\u200b claimed that Democrats were\u2063 blowing the incident out\u2063 of proportion.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, on the same evening as the encounter with the pages, images were posted \u2063on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-rebuked-for-what-he-said-to-senate-pages\/\" title=\"Congressman faces backlash for inappropriate comments to Senate pages.\">social media showing bottles<\/a>\u200b of liquor and beer cans\u2063 on a\u200b desk\u200d in\u200b Van\u2062 Orden&#8217;s office. \u200cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-omar-continues-back-and-forth-with-rep-boebert-over-previous-remarks\/\" title=\"Rep. Omar continues back-and-forth with Rep. Boebert over previous remarks\">congressman defended<\/a> himself by stating\u2063 that the alcohol was \u2062from constituents.<\/p>\n<p>Van \u2064Orden represents Wisconsin\u2019s 3rd District, a GOP-leaning jurisdiction that includes parts of \u200ccentral, southwestern, \u2062and western Wisconsin. The district encompasses\u2064 moderate \u2062exurbs of Minnesota\u2019s Twin Cities.<\/p>\n<p>Senate \u200cMajority\u2064 Leader Chuck Schumer \u2064and Minority Leader \u2062Mitch McConnell both condemned Van Orden&#8217;s behavior \u200dand \u200dexpressed\u2063 gratitude\u200c towards\u2063 the pages during a Senate session. Several of\u200d the pages were present on the Senate floor\u2062 at the time and received a standing ovation from the senators.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re here \u200dwhen we need them,\u201d Schumer \u2063said, \u201cand they have served \u200dthis institution\u2064 with grace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody on this side of the aisle\u2064 feels exactly\u200c the same way,\u201d\u2064 McConnell added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When questioned about McConnell&#8217;s rebuke, Van Orden\u2062 claimed to be unaware\u200b of the incident, stating, &#8220;I honestly have not tracked any of this stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal \u2064has reviewed this \u2063Associated Press\u2062 story and may \u200chave altered it prior to publication\u2063 to ensure that it meets\u200b our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/congressman-rebuked-said-senate-pages\/\">Congressman Rebuked for What He Said to Senate\u2062 Pages<\/a> appeared first \u2062on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western\u200b Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Wisconsin freshman Republican congressman faced bipartisan criticism after yelling and cursing at Senate pages during a late-night Capitol tour. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, in interviews on Wisconsin conservative talk radio, neither denied nor apologized for his reported actions. 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