Retired Navy SEAL Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisc., criticized the Congressional staffers who walked out of the Capitol Building to support a ceasefire in the Middle East.
Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., said Thursday that although congressional staffers have free speech rights, they are not the people elected to 'write and dictate' policy. The retired Navy SEAL denounced the staffers who walked out of Congress in support of a Gaza ceasefire on 'America's Newsroom.' GOP LAWMAKER PRESSES TREASURY ON DONATION CASHFLOW BETWEEN PRO-PALESTINIAN CHARITIES AND HAMAS REP.
The staff should never be the story because the staff's name is not on the door. I was elected by 750,000 Wisconsinites to represent them. Those folks are staff. They have the right of free speech, but they must understand that they don't write and dictate policy. The elected representatives, my Democrat colleagues and I, are chartered to write policy. Our staff is not.
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