GOP Congressman Deletes Post Celebrating ’18 Million Kids’ Losing School Meals: ‘Was an Error’

'Big mask off moment': GOP rep caught gloating after '17 million people lost health care'

In a now-deleted social media post, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) seemed to boast that millions would lose health coverage due to the Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which passed the House on Thursday after an overnight session.Van Orden wrote "YES!" on the social platform X Thursday, while quoting an X user's post that said "17 million people lost health care" and "18 million kids lost school meals" aft…

‘Sick’: Dems pounce as GOP rep deletes celebration over 18M kids losing meals

The internet erupted after Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) posted, and then deleted, a comment celebrating the fact that millions of children are set to lose their food assistance benefits after Republicans voted to pass President Donald Trump's budget bill on Wednesday. Van Orden retweeted a post from an account called Logical Luminary that stated, "18 million children just lost school meals," referring to a report from the Urban Institute analyz…

‘YES!’: Republican Celebrates Americans Losing Health Care in Deleted Post

Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) joined Republicans in celebrating one of the lowest points in U.S. history.

GOP Congressman Deletes Post Celebrating ’18 Million Kids’ Losing School Meals: ‘Was an Error’

Rep. Derrick Van Orden claimed that a post celebrating that "18 million kids just lost school meals" and 17 million people "lost health care" was made in error.