GOP Congressman Deletes Post Celebrating '18 Million Kids' Losing School Meals: 'Was an Error' [View all]
Source: MEDIAite
Jul 3rd, 2025, 7:50 pm
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) claimed on Thursday that a post celebrating that “18 million kids just lost school meals” and 17 million people “lost health care” was made in error.
After the Trump-backed “Big Beautiful Bill” passed both the House and Senate, one social media user protested, “17 million people just lost health care. 18 million kids just lost school meals. 3 million Americans just lost food assistance.”
Van Orden responded to the post, “YES!”
After he received backlash, the post was quickly deleted, with the congressman claiming he had meant to reply to a different post. “That was supposed to be a response to a different text. And, all of that is BS,” claimed Van Orden, who described his post as “an error.”
Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/gop-congressman-deletes-post-celebrating-18-million-kids-losing-school-meals-was-an-error/
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You need to understand these people know exactly how badly they are hurting people and they love it. It’s sick.
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