The rancor amongst Republicans in Washington over the House Speaker vacancy has some flinging insults and sinking to high school hallway social media blocking.
Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC) went tit-for-tat on Twitter/X with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) after she issued a statement earlier on Thursday that read:
"We should not go home until we have a Speaker."
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The lawmakers are slinging word arrows after they and their counterparts failed to deliver Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) enough support to take over the Speaker reins.
Jordan, a hard-right backer of former President Donald Trump, has gone to the floor twice and failed to notch 217 votes to claim the speaker gig since it was left vacant when a small faction of Republicans voted to boot Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
The essence of Mace's messaging, first reported by MSNBC's Tim Miller, is that lawmakers should dig in and not leave the Capital until a speaker is voted into power.
An hour later, it appears Murphy challenged Mace's call to stick it out in town with a reply to her comment.
Murphy posted: "How about apologizing for causing this mess?"
Quick to the draw, Mace then fired back.
"If you want to vote against the people who elected you that’s on you [Murphy], but I’m gonna stand with them, not Washington," she wrote. Then she claims Murphy gave her the stiff arm.
"For context," she tweeted. "Tried to reply but he blocked me after posting this. What a [cat emoji])."
Mace then posted a screenshot of Murphy's account, replete with idyllic ocean breakers and golden sand beaches, showing he blocked her on the social network.
This had Mace literally going below the belt with her comeback.
"This is exactly what’s wrong with this place - too many men here with no b-lls," the post says.
