Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) defended screaming obscenities at highschool Senate pages who were resting within the Capitol Rotunda early Thursday morning by using accusing the teenagers of treating the space “like a frat home well-liked room.”

The 16- and 17-year-olds had been working late on amendments to the Nationwide Defense Authorization Act once they have been discovered taking a destroy of their basic spot.

A  page transcribed Van Orden’s phrases rapidly after he berated the staff round middle of the night. The transcript alleged that the congressman screamed:

Wake the f‑‑‑ up you little s‑‑‑‑. … What the f‑‑‑ are you all doing? Get the f‑‑‑ out of right here. You are defiling the gap you [pieces of s‑‑‑].

Who the f‑‑‑ are you?

When the kids answered that they have been Senate pages, Van Orden reportedly retorted, “I don’t provide a f‑‑‑ who you might be, get out. You jackasses, get out.”

Max Cohen with Punchbowl News, the primary outlet to document on the incident, tweeted that alcohol will have performed an element.

“Per a supply, here’s a photograph from final evening of a bunch of alcohol in Van Orden’s office. Van Orden and workforce have been heard partying loudly earlier than he cursed out a group of teen Senate pages,” he posted.

Per a source, right here's a photograph from closing night of a bunch of alcohol in Van Orden's place of job. Van Orden and staff had been heard partying loudly sooner than he cursed out a group of youngster Senate pages p.c.twitter.com/W6KF35nfWt

— Max Cohen (@maxpcohen) July 27, 2023

After word obtained out about Van Orden’s alleged unhealthy habits, he issued a commentary studying:

The Capitol Rotunda served as a container hospital when numerous Union infantrymen died fighting to free males within the Civil Warfare. I have long stated our nation’s Capitol is a logo of the sacrifice our servicemen and women have made for this country and will have to never treated like a frat house popular room. Threatening a congressman with dangerous press to excuse bad behavior is a reminder of everything that’s unsuitable with Washington. Thankfully, unhealthy press has by no means stricken me and if it’s the fee I pay for standing up for what’s right, then so be it.

Al Weaver with The Hill stated that the incident “outraged individuals of the higher chamber, with one calling the string of remarks ‘horrible.’”

The post Congressman Defends Screaming at High School Pages in Capitol Rotunda: ‘Wake The F*ck Up You Little Sh*ts’ first seemed on Mediaite.