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Today we’re covering a fiery clash between GOP lawmakers, updates in the feud between the White House and the Vatican, the Daily Caller’s trip with President Donald Trump, Kash Patel suing The Atlantic, and Trump’s labor secretary departing the administration.
RED-ON-RED VIOLENCE
Republican Florida Rep. Cory Mills and Republican South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace are pushing to remove each other from Congress, adding fresh struggles to the House Republican’s slim grip on the majority heading into the midterm elections.
Mills, who is accused of abusing women, has been a thorn in the GOP’s side for months. Mills was one of the deciding votes against the attempt to censure Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar after she said Charlie Kirk’s legacy should be “left in the dustbin of history” shortly after he was assassinated. The Daily Caller reported at the time that Mills had made a deal with Democrats to vote against the resolution because Democrats threatened to censure him as well.
Mace announced that she introduced a resolution to expel Mills on Monday evening.
Mills’s name came up again amid rumblings that former Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell could be removed from Congress. Republican Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles floated a deal for Republicans to oust Swalwell alongside Democratic Florida Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who is accused of campaign finance violations, Republican Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales, who allegedly had an affair with an aide who later self-immolated, and Mills.
The idea was Democrats would get rid of two of their members in exchange for two Republican members. Swalwell ended up resigning shortly before Gonzales.
There is expected to be action today against Mills and Cherfilus-McCormick, meanwhile, from the House Ethics Committee.
Despite his tenuous standing with his own party, Mills reportedly drafted an expulsion measure against Mace, according to NOTUS. The draft was said to mention Mace’s allegedly testy exchange with TSA agents during a recent encounter in the Charleston airport.
Mace responded to the Mills’ threat in a statement to the Caller:
“Cory Mills lied about his military service, has been accused of beating women, has a restraining order against him, and has allegedly been stuffing his own pockets with federal contracts while sitting in Congress. As a survivor, I will always stand up and right the wrongs of others. He is only coming after me because he knows he’s next.”
Mills did not respond to the Caller’s request for comment.
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