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Lying insurrectionist Derrick Van Orden’s second run for Congress may somehow be off to a worse start than his first.
Wisconsin voters rejected failed candidate Van Orden the first time around because they knew that his record on everything from trying to strip health care from WI-03 families to attacking a woman’s right to choose was far too extreme. Now, only a few months into his second doomed attempt to get to Congress, the headlines are getting even worse for Van Orden — including getting caught red-handed lying about attending the January 6th insurrection, and facing an FEC complaint for illegally using campaign funds to get there.
It’s not just that Van Orden was present at a deadly attack on our U.S. Capitol. On the issues that matter most, like defeating COVID-19 and getting critical relief to Wisconsin families and small businesses, extremist Van Orden is a hypocrite and out of touch with the voters of western and central Wisconsin.
Let’s take a look at the many ways Big Liar Van Orden has proven to be too extreme for Wisconsin’s 3rd District — which is why voters there have already rejected him:
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Lied and tried to cover up the fact that he joined insurrectionists on U.S. Capitol grounds on January 6th — and he faces a Federal Elections Commission complaint for illegally using campaign funds as a personal slush fund to bankroll his trip to the insurrection.
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Has “faced heavy criticism” for repeatedly pushing the Big Lie that led to the deadly Jan. 6th insurrection, insisting that “there was a tremendous amount of voter fraud in this election,” and continued to support efforts to overturn the election results even after the insurrection.
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Has a deeply disturbing history of misogynistic and anti-women remarks, including bragging about sexually harassing two young female officers in his book.
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Took the dough and touted the Restaurant Revitalization Fund — despite opposing and even lying about the American Rescue Plan that provided $2.5 billion to working families, small businesses, rural hospitals, farmers, and seniors in Wisconsin.
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Wanted to strip health care protections from the nearly 300,000 people with pre-existing conditions in WI-03 by eliminating “the last vestiges of the disastrous Obama Care.”
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Has a history of making antisemitic comments, including tweeting a Nazi reference at a Jewish former Cabinet secretary.
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Embraced the endorsement of Tom Cotton, who has a dangerous and fringe record of supporting deploying troops on peaceful protesters, calling slavery a “necessary evil,” pushing baseless theories of election irregularities, and voting against establishing a commission to investigate the deadly attack on our Capitol on January 6.
“Derrick Van Orden has somehow managed to drift even more out-of-touch with the voters of Wisconsin’s 3rd District since his last failed campaign,” said DCCC spokesperson Helen Kalla. “Van Orden’s toxic record of pushing the Big Lie, breaking federal campaign finance law to attend the deadly insurrection, and opposing critical COVID relief funds show that he’s more interested in going to Washington to serve his party bosses than the families of western and central Wisconsin.”
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