MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, Derrick Van Orden’s outlook got that much bleaker as the Cook Political Report shifted Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District from “Lean Republican” to “Toss Up.” It’s no surprise that Derrick Van Orden is struggling right out of the gate: his lousy record is proof of his inability to serve Wisconsin.
“It’s glaringly obvious that Derrick Van Orden lacks the temperament, values, and basic judgment to serve Wisconsin, having spent his career avoiding his constituents, screaming at anyone who disagrees with him, and trying to dismantle Wisconsinites’ freedoms,” said Democratic Party of Wisconsin Deputy Communications Director Haley McCoy. “Wisconsinites in the 3rd District deserve a real leader who will listen and stand up for working families—not an imposter tripping over himself to bow down to Donald Trump and his radical agenda.”
Let’s take a look back at Derrick Van Orden’s lackluster record:
- Derrick Van Orden voted for a budget bill that would cut as much as $880 billion from Medicaid, threatening benefits for over 140,000 Wisconsinites in the 3rd District alone.
- Derrick Van Orden supports a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act, which would threaten affordable health care coverage for over 313,000 Wisconsinites.
- Derrick Van Orden is a far-right anti-abortion extremist who supports an abortion ban in Wisconsin.
- Derrick Van Orden has refused to hold a single in-person town hall with his constituents for months and failed to hold one during a recent two-week Congressional recess.
- Following the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, Derrick Van Orden repeatedly lied about his presence at the riot, despite having been photographed behind police lines during the attack.
- Derrick Van Orden made headlines for cursing out teenage Senate pages resting in the Capitol rotunda late at night, calling the 16- and 17-year-olds “jackasses” and “little shits.”
- Even before he was elected, Van Orden threatened a teenage library volunteer over an LGBTQ+ book display, calling the display “disgusting.”
- Earlier this year, Derrick Van Orden was caught threatening to report a former VA employee to Elon Musk’s ‘DOGE.’ The catch: the employee had already been fired and was asking Van Orden to push back against budget cuts.
