An extraordinary moment on Capitol Hill was caught on camera. Wisconsin Congressmen Derrick Van Orden and Mark Pocan frequently spar online, but the confrontation today was in person

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An extraordinary moment on Capitol Hill was caught on camera. Wisconsin Congressmen Derrick Van Orden and Mark Pocan frequently spar online, but the confrontation today was in person - Lemmy.World

Source: https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2025/07/16/van-orden-pocan-capitol-confrontation [https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2025/07/16/van-orden-pocan-capitol-confrontation]

Well they seem like a couple of level headed fellers

Additional information left out of headline. Wisconsin Congressman Derrick Van Orden is a democrat and Wisconsin Congressman Mark Pocan is a republican. I would very much like to see these guys debate. It would be a lot of fun.

The exchange of tweets was amusing too.

At 1:35 a.m. Wednesday, Van Orden told Pocan on X “seek mental health counseling” after Pocan criticized the sweeping policy bill the president signed into law. Six hours later, Pocan shot back online, “Only an idiot both votes to cut Medicaid and can’t spell it.”

I think you have it swapped. Orden is R and Pocan is D according to the article

Two rival Wisconsin Congressmen, Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, and Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien…

Oops! Thanks.
All good. I agree, if this is any indication of what they’re like, it would be awesome to see them debate.