Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) reportedly scolded a group of Senate pages late Wednesday evening, using expletives to curse out the teenagers because they were lying on the floor of the Capitol Rotunda.
Van Orden was giving a tour “for several dozen visitors around midnight” when he saw the pages lying on the floor in the rotunda and taking photos since it was their final week as pages. Van Orden called the pages “lazy s----” and told them to “get the f--- up” off the floor, sources told the outlet.
“The Capitol Rotunda served as a field hospital where countless Union soldiers died fighting to free men in the Civil War. I have long said our nation’s Capitol is a symbol of the sacrifice our servicemen and women have made for this country and should never be treated like a frat house common room,” Van Orden said in the statement. “Threatening a congressman with bad press to excuse poor behavior is a reminder of everything that’s wrong with Washington.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer addressed the incident during remarks on the Senate floor Thursday evening.
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