Bald fucking asshole MAGA Wisconsin Congressman Derrick Van Orden was none-too-pleased to be getting a LinkedIn message from Los Angeles-area former Veterans Affairs staffer Tony Ruiz.
“I am a member of Congress on the VA Committee. I have absolutely no say in the employment status of any individual in the executive branch however, I will 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. There needs to be accountability. Now,” Van Orden wrote to Ruiz.
Thing is, per Wisconsin station WKOW’s JT Cestkowski Ruiz was let go on February 3rd, meaning it seems that Van Orden was threatening to get the already former employee fired. Cestkowski’s reporting isn’t 100 percent clear on the exact timing but either way that’s how Ruiz understood it, which means it’s contra to what the White House has been saying about DOGE’s firing powers.
Ruiz told Cestkowski that in a subsequent message he asked Van Orden to call him to testify publicly in front of the VA committee. The response he got: “See you at the VA Hearing, Pal.”