that's represented by a republican, by republican derrick van orden. mark pocan. the democrat, put out a press release today saying, quote, the town hall will be held less than ten miles from the border of wisconsin's third congressional district, represented by republican derrick van orden. congressman pocan has invited constituents from both his district and the neighboring third district to hear from a member of congress with the impression, with the implication being that they're certainly not going to hear from their own. mark pocan later said online quote, we've officially invited derrick van orden to join us this saturday at our town hall in belmont. we are hearing he hasn't had an open public town hall, so we thought he could observe ours so that he could replicate in his district. looking forward to him sharing his views. so there's a lot to keep track of, obviously. there's so much that seems just indefensible or inexplicable from the trump administration. it can be hard to keep up with it just on a day to day basis. late tonight, for example, there's ne

and for derrick van orden or for any republican to ignore their constituents at a time. this is the real life effects of what's happening. you know, you don't deserve to be in office, and that's why people have to be heard loud. this is a vote that's likely going to happen in april. the president said he wanted to do it in the first 100 days. we've got like 30 to 45 days to do our best to stop these cuts, and it's going to take everyone contacting their members of congress to do so. >> and let me finally get your thoughts on the budget here and what democrats can do. obviously, that government shutdown, the looming government shutdown is kind of barreling ahead. what is the right thing to do? what should democrats be doing in a moment like this? and how do you message around the decisions that you make? >> yeah, i mean, so it looks like from what i'm understanding, the republicans will pass what's called a year long cr continuing resolution that will fund the government through september 30th. but by doing that, one of the secrets that i'm understanding of, of this proce

. >> you actually reached out to republican congressman derrick van orden, who is a disabled veteranself, about being fired. what did you say and how did he respond? >> sure. so i actually was trained by the va to watch congressional hearings, and i always see van orden yelling at people, yelling at the va. and i noticed that he always had some some presence. so i emailed him and said, hey, on linkedin, where's your response to the firings, congressman? no response. and one day before i went to dc this week he sends me a message on linkedin threatening to fire me and to report me to either elon musk or doge. yet i was already fired. so congressman van orden a bit too late there, but. >> threatening to fire you. why did he say why? according to you? >> he said i was working. he said i was working at 1346. instead of talking smack about donald trump. but he didn't realize if he looked at the email, i was already fired. and so once again, a blatant attack on a veteran from somebody's congressman van orden who talks about veteran first veterans are the most important thing. but in my cas

i spoke to congressman derrick van orden, who you just saw on your screen before a republican from wisconsin. he said that he raised concerns in the house gop meeting with elon musk tonight about the impact that some of these cuts could have on farmers and veterans. so it's both strategy and substance. again, as elon musk is really going full steam ahead with this effort to reduce the size and scope of the federal government, he's admitting some mistakes and some republicans are keeping him accountable. >> and there is that point, brad, about whether he was the one firing people or not. and i have to say, i mean, i don't think people thought that elon musk was personally firing individuals, but it was the directives of sorts or a pressure campaign. can he really escape the blame for that or the accountability? is it really such an epiphany to the for the republicans? >> i think he's going to take plenty of credit when this is all over with. and, you know, last night you see the polls quickly about the state of the union. 60% of the american public likes what president trump had to say about

congressman derrick van orden told nbc that he was working with doge officials and musk on bringing clarityo key constituent groups. >> those are. >> our veterans and our farmers. and i said there's a lot of angst going. on in our veterans community. >> because they. >> just simply. >> don't know. what the heck is going on. >> uncertainty leads. to angst. >> while republicans say that they are overall supportive of what musk is doing, some of the pushback they got in those town halls was so strong that the head of the house republicans campaign arm told members that they should start doing virtual town halls or via phone, rather than in person. frank. >> all right, so elon musk and the whole doge effort, broadly supported by republicans, but getting some pushback just with how he's doing it. are there any bills coming up to put out a, you know, a, i guess, a spending cut package that the senators and the house could vote on? >> you know, frank, that's the really interesting with this timing right now, because next week, congress is going to have to vote on a government package to keep the g