After the Trump-backed “Big Beautiful Bill” passed both the House and Senate, one social media user protested, “17 million people just lost health care. 18 million kids just lost school meals. 3 million Americans just lost food assistance.”

Van Orden responded to the post, “YES!”

After he received backlash, the post was quickly deleted, with the congressman claiming he had meant to reply to a different post.

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[–] 62 points 1 year ago*

If you consider every action by MAGAists as the behavior of a cruel, schoolyard bully who will hurt you and then mock you for your inability to defend yourself, everyone of their actions makes sense.

The cruelty is the point.

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    with the congressman claiming he had meant to reply to a different post.

    Uh, huh... Sure.

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    “We’re not a bunch of little bitches around here. I’m a member of Congress that represent almost 800,000 Wisconsinites. Is that clear?”

    Did he really say that? That statement just made me do a double take. Like that’s the level of red congress right now.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Whoops, I insulted my base!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Oops they forgot to put the mask on.

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    Narrator: It was not.

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    [–] 41 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I wish this motherfucker had to live off of SNAP for a month while working a shitty and dangerous minimum wage job.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    YES!

    This is the problem. Conservatives have no empathy. They can't imagine how bad these policies really are for actual people until it impacts them directly. These ghouls are barely human beings. May they all be required to choke down the fruits of their actions. Unfortunately, we all know that there is no justice for these assholes even if they get voted out of office.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    "After a journalist suggested that President Donald Trump was the deciding factor in Van Orden’s decision to vote in favor of the controversial “Big Beautiful Bill,” the congressman protested, “No, no, no, I’m not going to allow you to get away with that. The president of the United States didn’t give us an assignment. We’re not a bunch of little removed around here. I’m a member of Congress that represent almost 800,000 Wisconsinites. Is that clear?” "

    What a bizarre way to respond to that question.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    This is how he responds to everything, including but not limited to librarians, airport security, and answers to questions he has asked someone directly.

    The only setting on his conversational style is angry old white man.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    lol. It looks like someone touched a nerve there and triumphed over him and dominated him and had psycho-social buttsex with his prone and defenseless, submissive, conquered bootie.

    I hope they double-down.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago

    it doesn't even matter. he already voted for the bill. he can say or do whatever the else he wants, because he voted for the bill. you can't apologize for it.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Monsters of dark fantasy could never conjure up an atrocity to compete with what these demons do on the daily.

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    [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    This was no mistake. DVO is a drunk piece of shit.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    What ever happened to just "saying the quiet part out loud"? Now they literally scream it.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    He meant it, he just didn't want the evidence of him being an absolute piece of shit in writing. Too bad he doesn't understand how the internet works

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ah, yes, that is the same individual who was screaming at the young pages to, "Get the f*** out," right.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-lawmaker-screamed-curse-words-inches-senate-pages-faces-source-say-rcna97157

    May this person get what he deserves.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And here we are just politely disagreeing while these living shitstains destroy our lifestyles...

    What we NEED is fire and shouting, not memes and sarcasm

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