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March 17 - Monthly Dems Meeting
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March 26 - Rebecca Cooke Fundraiser
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Pierce Democrats
March Meeting
Tuesday, March 17
6:00 PM Social Time
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7:00 PM Meeting Begins
Pierce Democrats
March Meeting
Tuesday, March 17
6:00 PM Social Time
Servers will be available to take your dinner/drink orders.
7:00 PM Meeting Begins
AGENDA
Welcome
Guest Speaker: Mandela Barnes, Candidate for Governor
Treasurer's Report
Organizing Update
Upcoming Events
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February 3, 2026
February 3, 2026
Not Normative Behavior: Van Orden’s Unsettling Online Reaction to Tragedy in Minnesota
Not Normative Behavior: Van Orden’s Unsettling Online Reaction to Tragedy in Minnesota
MADISON, Wis. — Following the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Derrick Van Orden went on a public meltdown on Twitter, desperately trying to justify the killings to protect the GOP and ICE’s lawless militant campaign against American citizens. His crash-out included attacking the Constitution, blaming both Good and Pretti for their own murders, accusing elected officials of sedition, inciting an insurrection and even a civil war, and spreading baseless conspiracy theories about the protests.
“Derrick Van Orden’s latest social media meltdown showed just how little he cares about the constitution and is willing to sell out Americans’ basic freedoms,” said Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Philip Shulman. “Western Wisconsin is represented by a man who appears more interested in stoking violence and chaos than in the basic rights and needs of his constituents.”
Van Orden has continued to defend ICE’s actions in Minnesota by praising the agent who killed Good and calling for the impeachment of a judge who ordered the release of a five-year-old child from detention.
See below for some of the weird comments DVO made:
Calling protests an insurrection
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2018149600293466154?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2017657366078976341?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015829083314065528?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015808200495312963?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015562151172120921?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015556527709446519?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015551601226707108?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015511150868279437?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015473587302359430?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015172749468061950?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015172612838625308?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015165120272359595?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2013103477388345383?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2012153712060539076?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2011822706363150483?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2010845269546447313?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2010534736087965930?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2010135543451906083?s=20
Accusing Democrats of Civil War
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2017259797788127536?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2017011081403576559?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015560924417970257?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015191429442654699?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2011743452107850126?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2010480325311242374?s=20
Praised ICE Agent that killed Renee Good
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2010512462630535659?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2010494297011822891?s=20
Called for Walz to be arrested
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2009085448560484531?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2009082457510039937?s=20
Said shooting of Good was justified
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2009084274599973180?s=20
Anti-Second Amendment
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2017718487913730304?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2017038807711822055?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015931490324930700?s=20
Upset over 5-year-old being released from ICE detention
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2017968938831708265?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2017774566349717850?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2017770962989514961?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2017756620508233988?s=20
Calling for and celebrating the arrest of Don Lemon
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2018155504103473154?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2017252489641197838?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2017234223753490837?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2014793183683658142?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2014695509085016541?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2014673989633806715?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2014377962712203290?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2013109810204418327?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2013102850583208267?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2013101214808809737?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2013093276933308745?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2013093215562256648?s=20
Conspiracies
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2017776616684900790?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2017593183887143010?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2016635808153829815?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015569439513539001?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015471063115649486?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015465913638686809?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2015140612140409292?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2013400323100958848?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2010212045619376213?s=20
https://x.com/derrickvanorden/status/2009402867984265632?s=20
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January 30, 2026
January 30, 2026
Earlier this week, I was proud to introduce new legislation along with Representative Jodi Emerson (D - Eau Claire) to address one of the most urgent public health crises facing our state—the opioid epidemic. So I invited George Moore of the George Moore Recovery Foundation to talk with me about the importance of passing this bill and his tragic personal experience of losing his son to an opioid overdose.
Too many Wisconsin families have been shattered overdoses that could have been prevented, and tragically, our schools are not immune.
Most school in Wisconsin do not have access to Narcan, which is a life-saving opioid antagonists, giving staff the tools they need to act quickly in an emergency and save a life. We must protect our children and support our schools, and this legislation is an important step toward a safer future for Wisconsin’s children.
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Senator Smith currently represents District 31 in the Wisconsin State Senate. The 31st Senate District currently includes portions of Dunn, Eau Claire, and Trempealeau counties. While he doesn't represent Pierce County specifically, Senator Smith endures to represent everyone in Wisconsin.
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For more from Senator Smith, go to his website at:
https://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate/31/smith/.
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