Oh, well, it’s not like thousands of federal workers are preparing to be furloughed.
In less than three days, the federal government will shut down unless Congress can pull its shit together and agree on a bill to pass. Among other things, a shutdown would mean thousands of government workers being. So what are the leader of the House and an extremely vocal Republican doing to avert the crisis? Not much of anything, it would seem! Or, more specifically: fighting each other over online trolls.
Tensions between the two lawmakers and Gaetz critics were evident, according to multiple sources in the meeting. During the open mic portion of the conference meeting, Gaetz asked McCarthy “if he was behind the effort to get ‘MAGA influencers’ to attack him,” one lawmaker told Axios. McCarthy shot back saying that “he wouldn’t waste his time or money on him. Matt said he was “willing to give the benefit of the doubt,” the source added.
McCarthy’s outside legal counsel sent a cease and desist notification on Tuesday to an individual leading the push for influencers to come out against Gaetz, according to materials viewed by Axios. That individual had allegedly claimed they were acting on behalf of McCarthy., following the exchange, “members in the room could be heard complaining about Gaetz, with one member calling him a ‘scumbag’ and another saying ‘F**k off.
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