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Ocelot II

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3. Same guy who threw a screaming fit at some young Senate pages
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 11:53 AM
Sunday

for lying on the floor of the rotunda to take photos of the dome.

On Wednesday night, Senate pages, who help assist day-to-day operations at the Capitol, were touring the Capitol as part of their last week of service, Punchbowl News first reported. To capture a photo of the ceiling, some pages positioned themselves and their camera on the floor. That's when Van Orden walked in.

According to a transcript written by one of the pages and obtained by The Hill, Van Orden said, "Wake the f‑‑‑ up you little s‑‑‑‑" and "Get the f‑‑‑ out of here. You are defiling the space." He reportedly also called the teenagers "jackasses" and "lazy s----."
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/29/1190926613/van-orden-curses-senate-pages

Charming guy. Obviously in need of anger management therapy.

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