Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) is in hot water after he cursed out a group of teenage Senate pages in the Capitol rotunda early Thursday morning. According to a transcript written by a page …

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    “Wake the f‑‑‑ up you little s‑‑‑‑. … What the f‑‑‑ are you all doing? Get the f‑‑‑ out of here. You are defiling the space you [pieces of s‑‑‑],” Van Orden said, according to the account provided by the page.
    “Who the f‑‑‑ are you?” Van Orden asked, to which one person said they were Senate pages. “I don’t give a f‑‑‑ who you are, get out.”
    “You jackasses, get out,” he added.
    The incident, which occurred just after midnight, outraged members of the upper chamber, with one calling the string of remarks “horrible.”
    Van Orden did not dispute the exchange and defended his actions when asked by The Hill.

    Classy. republiQans are so cool.