MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — Wisconsin’s Third District Congressman gets a rebuke from fellow legislators for cursing at pages at the U.S. Capitol.
Floor speeches Thursday had Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell indirectly admonishing Representative Derrick Van Orden after he berated a group of high school-age Senate pages in a profanity-laced rant the night before.
Van Orden has reportedly refused to apologize for his outburst, which occurred when the pages were lying on the floor taking pictures of the Capitol’s rotunda dome.
Schumer said he was shocked at the refusal to apologize to the young people, while McConnell stated that “…everybody on this side of the aisle feels exactly the same way.”
