{"id":2455346,"date":"2025-07-03T14:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jen-psaki-mocks-defensive-derrick-van-orden-makes-you-wonder\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T14:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:59:14","slug":"jen-psaki-mocks-defensive-derrick-van-orden-makes-you-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jen-psaki-mocks-defensive-derrick-van-orden-makes-you-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"Jen Psaki mocks \u2018defensive\u2019 Derrick Van Orden: \u2018Makes you wonder\u2019"},"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%2Fjen-psaki-mocks-defensive-derrick-van-orden-makes-you-wonder%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=2455346&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--><p>MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki recently mocked Republican Representative Derrick Van Orden during a discussion about his support for the &#8220;One Big Gorgeous Bill Act.&#8221; After the Senate passed the legislation and sent it back to the House for a vote, Psaki suggested Van Orden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-says-palestinian-children-deserve-safety-ignores-hamas-using-schools-as-rocket-launch-sites-with-children-as-human-shields\/\" title=\"Ilhan Omar Says Palestinian Children Deserve \u2018Safety,\u2019 Ignores Hamas Using Schools As Rocket Launch Sites With Children As Human Shields\">defensive response<\/a> when questioned about pressure from Trump made it seem as though he felt compelled to act like &#8220;a little b****.&#8221; In the episode of her show, she highlighted the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >potential negative political consequences<\/a> for Republicans following the bill&#8217;s passage, emphasizing that it could lead to millions losing Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage. Van Orden,however,asserted his independence from Trump,defending himself vehemently. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-comeback-to-huffpost-reporter-goes-viral-no-wonder-i-thought-they-died\/\" title=\"... Comeback to HuffPost Reporter Goes Viral: &#039;No Wonder - I Thought They Died&#039;\">exchange drew attention<\/a> to the broader debate over the implications of the bill, as well as tensions within the GOP regarding Trump&#8217;s influence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jen Psaki mocks &lsquo;defensive&rsquo; Derrick Van Orden: &lsquo;Makes you wonder&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2164977\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>MSNBC anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3400361\/psaki-pushes-back-cover-up-biden-mental-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jen Psaki<\/a> implied that Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3404307\/derrick-van-orden-threat-miss-votes-reschedule-town-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Derrick Van Orden<\/a> (R-WI) looked like a &ldquo;little b****&rdquo; while defending his vote on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3460887\/watch-live-house-debate-trump-big-beautiful-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">One Big Beautiful Bill Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3459817\/senate-final-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-what-made-it-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">passed the legislation Tuesday,<\/a> it returned to the House for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3457681\/gop-braces-vote-a-rama-senate-nears-final-vote-big-beautiful-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a second time<\/a> with edits from Republican senators. Van Orden is likely to vote for this passage, as he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3418852\/house-passes-trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-tax-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">voted in favor <\/a>of the legislation before it went to the Senate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3461725\/house-gop-passes-big-beautiful-bill-trump-victory-july-4\/\">House hands Trump his July 4 victory with passage of &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3461734\/jeffries-magic-minute-speech-gop-big-beautiful-bill-final-vote\/\">Jeffries breaks &#8216;magic minute&#8217; record in speech to delay passage of &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3461990\/marcy-kaptur-sleeping-during-jeffries-magic-minute\/\">Marcy Kaptur&#8217;s staff pulls her from camera after she is caught snoozing during Jeffries&#8217;s &#8216;magic minute&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Psaki predicted that after the bill passes, it &ldquo;could also spell disaster for Republicans politically&rdquo; during her Wednesday episode of the<em> Briefing with Jen Psaki<\/em>. The episode included an excerpt from an exchange Van Orden had with <em>Punchbowl News<\/em> reporter Kenzie Nguyen.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-ceo-has-no-credibility-following-non-partisan-claims-joe-concha\/\" title=\"NPR CEO has no \u2018credibility\u2019 following non-partisan claims: Joe Concha\">big ugly bill<\/a> would result in nearly 12 million people losing Medicaid coverage, and another 4.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-to-roll-out-oxford-covid-19-vaccine-from-jan-4-sunday-telegraph-says\/\" title=\"UK to roll out Oxford COVID-19 vaccine from Jan. 4, Sunday Telegraph says\">2 million people<\/a> would lose healthcare because of cuts to the Affordable Care Act,&rdquo; Psaki said. &ldquo;I mean, a whopping 74% of Republicans say they have a favorable view of Medicaid.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Even as they are on the verge &mdash; maybe we&rsquo;ll see, there&rsquo;s still time &mdash; of passing their first major piece of legislation since Trump took office&hellip; Kind of feels like their hearts aren&rsquo;t in it,&rdquo; Psaki said. &ldquo;I mean, just listen to how defensive Congressman Derek Van Orden sounded today when asked if they feel pressure from Trump to vote for this bill.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=3014490&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=8108686afb8acf4f8d67db151ba05aac\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then Psaki broadcast the audio clip:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For you, I mean, Trump is sort of the deciding factor here,&rdquo; Nguyen said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, no, no, I&rsquo;m not going to allow you to get away with that,&rdquo; Van Orden responded. &ldquo;The president of the United States didn&rsquo;t give us an assignment. We&rsquo;re not a bunch of little b****es around here. I&rsquo;m a member of Congress that represents almost 800,000 Wisconsinites. Is that clear?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, listen, when you&rsquo;re proclaiming out loud that you&rsquo;re in fact not someone&rsquo;s little b****, well, kind of makes you wonder, doesn&rsquo;t it?&rdquo; Psaki said. &ldquo;But it&rsquo;s been like this all day. And he&rsquo;s not the only one who&rsquo;s as defensive and testy as that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/jim-mcgovern-whats-wrong-with-you-people_n_6865993ee4b01e8bcb42c2e0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">According<\/a> to Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), over 75 Democratic representatives debated among the House Rules Committee to protect Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits on the House floor Wednesday. Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3461887\/four-republicans-flip-big-beautiful-bill-house-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">four Republican members <\/a>took the podium to defend the bill.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Van Orden <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/derrickvanorden\/status\/1940547402915893576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">confirmed<\/a> on X Wednesday that he was &ldquo;standing strong with @realDonaldTrump and the OBBB.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>The audio clip was cut short, according to Van Orden.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The rest of the quote is: @realDonaldTrump is the Leader of the Republican Party and we are working close with the Admin.,&rdquo; Van Orden wrote. &ldquo;I am proud to stand with President Trump to pass the OBBB.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The rest of the quote is: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> is the Leader of the Republican Party and we are working close with the Admin. <\/p>\n<p>I am proud to stand with President Trump to pass the OBBB <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LUaP65f769\">https:\/\/t.co\/LUaP65f769<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Derrick Van Orden (@derrickvanorden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/derrickvanorden\/status\/1940472709709955207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3459576\/nicole-malliotakis-elon-musk-effort-derail-the-president-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS BLASTS MUSK&rsquo;S EFFORT TO &lsquo;DERAIL THE PRESIDENT&rsquo;S AGENDA&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3461887\/four-republicans-flip-big-beautiful-bill-house-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">continues to push<\/a> Republican members to pass the bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114787348610777027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">writing on Truth Social<\/a>, &ldquo;What are the Republicans waiting for???&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The president had set a deadline of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3461912\/what-to-do-in-dc-july-fourth-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">July 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2164977\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2164977\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jen Psaki mocks Derrick Van Orden&#8217;s defensiveness over his vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2455347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Derrick-Van-Orden-Mar-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36771,50380,33606,42185,32171],"class_list":["post-2455346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-derrick-van-orden","tag-humor-2","tag-jen-psaki","tag-media-reactions","tag-political-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Derrick-Van-Orden-Mar-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455346","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455346"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2455350,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455346\/revisions\/2455350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2455347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}