A warning from Navy Secretary John Phelan that service members in his branch of the armed forces should refrain from disparaging

Charlie Kirk

after his death in Utah did little to satisfy one GOP lawmaker

who once bullied high school-aged Capitol pages.

On Wednesday afternoon, Phelan, without mentioning Kirk by name, wrote on X, “I am aware of posts displaying contempt toward a fellow American who was assassinated. I want to be very clear: any uniformed or civilian employee of the Department of the Navy who acts in a manner that brings discredit upon the Department, the @USNavy or the @USMC will be dealt with swiftly and decisively.”

That drew an angry response from Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) who menaced Donald Trump’s Navy appointee less than an hour after the Navy secretary’s post went live.

Van Orden, who made a big show of announcing “I am at war” after Kirk was gunned down in Utah, noted his own Navy service and wrote, “I will be explicitly clear with you, @SECNAV, if you do not take prompt, direct, and decisive action to clear the ranks of this shit from my Navy, I will do everything in my power to kick you to the curb.”

Not content with that, he added, “If your JAG’s have a problem with this, they can find a job somewhere else. Wearing a uniform is a privilege not a right. You will unf--- this promptly. -SOCS (Ret) Van Orden.”

You can see his post right here.