It’s already well-documented that Congressman Derrick Van Orden spends a lot of time scrolling and trolling through social media. But even by his standards it was weird that he put a new comment on a photo from two years ago. Even weirder: the photo he commented on shows him on the US Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021 — and his comment was, “Hell yes.” Van Orden claims he did not take part in the domestic terrorism that followed on that fateful day, but is it that much better to simply be a spectator to a treasonous mob after flying there to support a knowingly-false claim about the 2020 election?

Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and YouTube.