Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) is at odds with Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) again, this time over the Republican’s heckling during the State of the Union address.
While President Joe Biden addressed Congress and the nation Thursday, he took a swipe at his Republican opponent, claiming former President Donald Trump “failed the most basic presidential duty that he owes to the American people: the duty to care.”
“Lies!” Van Orden shouted.
Pocan responded to the outburst in a statement Friday. The representative has often called out Van Orden, most recently over his expletive-laced interaction with a group of Senate pages in the Capitol last summer.
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“Derrick Van Orden continues to embarrass Wisconsin and the United States Congress with his constant unbecoming behavior,” Pocan wrote. “He must formally apologize to President Biden for last night’s outburst during the State of the Union. It’s one thing to be a Trump fanatic; it’s another when you’re a member of Congress. This constant pattern of unnecessary outbursts, whether it’s teen pages in the Capitol Rotunda or administration officials at a classified briefing, has many of us worried about his temperament and perhaps his soberness.”
In a statement to the Washington Examiner, Van Orden said, “Last night, President Biden delivered an angry, divisive campaign speech. It should have been an apology to the American people for the thousands of deaths of our citizens from fentanyl, the fatal and botched Afghanistan withdrawal that created 13 Gold Star families. I will not sit passively while President Biden lies to the nation and will never apologize for protecting Americans.”
