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riversedge

(77,984 posts)
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 11:36 AM 21 hrs ago

Van Orden Threatens Mayo Clinic Over One Employee's Post

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Source: crooksandliars.com


Rep Drunken Van Orden's threatens federal funding for Mayo Clinic because of one person's post criticizing Charlie Kirk. DVO says it's "terrorism."

By Chris capper Liebenthal — September 28, 2025

Rep Drunken Van Orden has tweeted more than 1,000 times since Charlie Kirk's death. By far, the majority of his tweets involve doxxing and threatening American citizens who don't like Charlie Kirk and didn't praise him after he died. DVO has gone as far as blaming reporters and threatening funding to an entire city if two council members don't resign.

And now he is threatening federal funding for the Mayo Clinic because of the posts from one person:
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Heartland Signal reports that when one of DVO's constituents called into a show where DVO was a guest, DVO got belligerent and insulting to the caller:

When asked if this funding should be removed because somebody at Mayo Clinic said something that he didn’t agree with, Van Orden got defensive and doubled down on his pledge to remove all federal funding from the Mayo Clinic and falsely claimed that the organization is “inciting violence.”...................

Read more: https://crooksandliars.com/2025/09/van-orden-threatens-mayo-clinic-over-one



Unfortunately, he is my Rep!





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Van Orden Threatens Mayo Clinic Over One Employee's Post (Original Post) riversedge 21 hrs ago OP
Ever wonder what @derrickvanorden's fellow service members in the military think about him? riversedge 21 hrs ago #1
A society cannot function when all institutions are constantly threatened. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #2
Same guy who threw a screaming fit at some young Senate pages Ocelot II 21 hrs ago #3
How the hell did he get elected in Wisconsin? sinkingfeeling 20 hrs ago #4
Voters in Minnesota aren't responsible for... Wuddles440 19 hrs ago #7
You are correct. Sorry I got the wrong state. sinkingfeeling 19 hrs ago #8
Since when has speaking the truth, as one see it, been "terrorism." republianmushroom 20 hrs ago #5
This ass is a fool Wifes husband 19 hrs ago #6
Man, the GOP is really exposing themselves as a death cult sakabatou 15 hrs ago #9
Locking. Lasher 14 hrs ago #10

riversedge

(77,984 posts)
1. Ever wonder what @derrickvanorden's fellow service members in the military think about him?
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 11:39 AM
21 hrs ago

Cricket's Ghost
@CricketsGh0st
·
Sep 26
Ever wonder what @derrickvanorden's fellow service members in the military think about him? Here's a portion of a post from a veteran and retired firefighter. Van Orden has no business in a position of public trust — in Wisconsin or elsewhere.


Irish_Dem

(75,408 posts)
2. A society cannot function when all institutions are constantly threatened.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 11:47 AM
21 hrs ago

Institutions which constitute the fabric of a country.

Ocelot II

(127,439 posts)
3. Same guy who threw a screaming fit at some young Senate pages
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 11:53 AM
21 hrs ago

for lying on the floor of the rotunda to take photos of the dome.

On Wednesday night, Senate pages, who help assist day-to-day operations at the Capitol, were touring the Capitol as part of their last week of service, Punchbowl News first reported. To capture a photo of the ceiling, some pages positioned themselves and their camera on the floor. That's when Van Orden walked in.

According to a transcript written by one of the pages and obtained by The Hill, Van Orden said, "Wake the f‑‑‑ up you little s‑‑‑‑" and "Get the f‑‑‑ out of here. You are defiling the space." He reportedly also called the teenagers "jackasses" and "lazy s----."
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/29/1190926613/van-orden-curses-senate-pages

Charming guy. Obviously in need of anger management therapy.

sinkingfeeling

(56,440 posts)
4. How the hell did he get elected in Wisconsin?
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 12:58 PM
20 hrs ago

Last edited Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:36 PM - Edit history (1)

Corrected to the right state.

Wuddles440

(1,851 posts)
7. Voters in Minnesota aren't responsible for...
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:31 PM
19 hrs ago

subjecting us to this incredible POS, but some brain dead voters in Wisconsin can take the credit for this atrocity.

sinkingfeeling

(56,440 posts)
8. You are correct. Sorry I got the wrong state.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:35 PM
19 hrs ago

republianmushroom

(21,479 posts)
5. Since when has speaking the truth, as one see it, been "terrorism."
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:04 PM
20 hrs ago

Van Orden a nut job. IMO

Wifes husband

(579 posts)
6. This ass is a fool
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:17 PM
19 hrs ago

sakabatou

(45,340 posts)
9. Man, the GOP is really exposing themselves as a death cult
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:19 PM
15 hrs ago

Lasher

(29,192 posts)
10. Locking.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 06:47 PM
14 hrs ago

This is not an appropriate source.

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