Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., told Newsmax on Thursday that the rhetoric used by Democrats about the One Big Beautiful Bill, which covers program budgets and income tax relief now before the Senate, is “despicable.”
Van Orden told Carl Higbie’s Frontline that Democrats have nothing to stand on. “There’s two words, reprehensible and despicable, is how I can describe the Democrats’ conduct right now. It’s shameful that they’re trying to terrify those who are most vulnerable, not just lying through their teeth.”
He said there’s a simple answer to claims that Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security programs are being slashed. “No. Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security are not getting touched. So Donald Trump campaigned on this. I campaigned on this.”
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