Democrats criticized a Republican congressman for seeming to gloat about the negative effects of the GOP’s recently-passed budget megabill.
In a since-deleted post on X, Wisconsin Rep. Derrick Van Orden wrote an emphatic “YES!” in response to a post reading that the legislation meant that “17 million people just lost health care,” “18 million kids just lost school meals,” and “3 million Americans just lost food assistance.”
Van Orden later said his post was intended as a response to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt celebrating the bill’s passage. But many still called him out.
WI-03 - Rep. Derrick Van Orden may have potentially risked his re-election chances significantly with this tweet.
He's the one who replaced long-time Democratic House Member Ron Kind in a R+3 district.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-rep-bashed-for-mistake-post-celebrating-millions-losing-healthcare/ar-AA1HWtqF?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=7de050eaac8444e8aa92567f4eadd0d1&ei=11
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Democrats criticized a Republican congressman for seeming to gloat about the negative effects of the GOP’s recently-passed budget megabill.
In a since-deleted post on X, Wisconsin Rep. Derrick Van Orden wrote an emphatic “YES!” in response to a post reading that the legislation meant that “17 million people just lost health care,” “18 million kids just lost school meals,” and “3 million Americans just lost food assistance.”
Van Orden later said his post was intended as a response to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt celebrating the bill’s passage. But many still called him out.
R House Rep Mark Green just retired from Congress, just after FDJT signed the Big Bad Bill.