DCCC spokesperson Katie Smith released the following statement in response to JD Vance visiting La Crosse in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District to lie about Republicans’ Big, Ugly Law:
“Derrick Van Orden spent months lying to Wisconsinites and claiming he’d never vote to cut Medicaid. Instead, he cast the deciding vote to slash Medicaid, rip away health care, jeopardize rural hospitals, and raise families’ costs.
“After Van Orden’s latest public meltdown when he was called out for his lies, JD Vance is parachuting in to try to bail Van Orden out in the latest pathetic attempt to lie to Wisconsinites about the bill’s impact on working families.
“Wisconsin voters know BS when they see it: Van Orden chose to kick his constituents off their health care so he could give tax cuts to billionaires and special interests, and voters will hold him accountable for his betrayal.”
Reminder of the blowback Van Orden has faced for lying to Wisconsinites about voting for the largest Medicaid cuts in history:
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Derrick Van Orden claims credit for Wisconsin’s extra Medicaid dollars after voting to cut the program
- Spectrum News: GOP Congressman claims credit for a provision in state budget, but the Governor’s office says he had nothing to do with it
- Wisconsin Examiner: U.S. Rep. Van Orden blusters, boasts and misleads after gutting health care for Wisconsinites
- News8Now: Protestors gather outside Congressman Derrick Van Orden’s office over Trump’s spending bill
- WGLR: Residents protest outside Van Orden’s office
- Point/Plover Metro Wire: Letter: Derrick Van Orden’s betrayal of Wisconsin
- WQOW: Local Medicaid recipients bring concerns to Van Orden’s office over budget bill
- WXOW: Rep. Van Orden appears to celebrate millions losing healthcare in since-deleted X post
- Daily Beast: GOP Rep Bashed for ‘Mistake’ Post Celebrating Millions Losing Healthcare
- Rolling Stone: ‘YES!’: Republican Celebrates Americans Losing Health Care in Deleted Post
- Wisconsin Examiner: Van Orden’s flip-flop on SNAP hurts Wisconsin
