GOP Rep Threatens Worker For Asking DOGE Question

The Heartland Signal reports:

Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) reportedly threatened a former Department of Veterans Affairs worker for asking a question during work hours in an exchange on LinkedIn over the weekend.

Van Orden responded by telling the worker he would “be referring you to DOGE as it seems that at 13:46 on a Monday you should have been working for veterans, not posting trash about your boss, President Trump.”

Ruiz, a disabled Army veteran who processed veterans service claims, was fired on Feb. 13 — two weeks before the end of his probationary period, according to the Washington Examiner. The federal government said he was fired for job performance, despite recently being awarded the employee of the quarter award.

Read the full article. Van Orden attended the Capitol riot before becoming elected. Last month he appeared here when he filed to impeach a federal judge who ruled against DOGE.