Things Get Heated on the House Floor

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Things Get Heated on the House Floor

Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) threatened to bring a motion to vacate to the floor while in a “heated” exchange with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and called him “tubby,” NBC News reports. However, Van Orden later said the insult was actually directed at another GOP lawmaker. Said Van Orden: “That was directed directly at Matt Gaetz. He felt like he should call me a squish and I wanted to remind anybody who has not been in combat and held his frien…