GOP Rep. Thomas Massie is coming under fire for threatening to drag out a vote on the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill. President Trump blasted him on Twitter, calling for him to be ousted from the Republican party.
There is bipartisan frustration with Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who is threatening to upend leadership plans for a speedy voice vote on the bill by demanding an in-person roll call. That would force hundreds of House members to return to Washington despite travel difficulties and some members being either sick with the coronavirus or in protective quarantine.
Trump weighed in on Twitter, calling for Massie to be ousted from the Republican Party over the demand., a Congressman from, unfortunately, a truly GREAT State, Kentucky, wants to vote against the new Save Our Workers Bill in Congress. He just wants the publicity. He can’t stop it, only delay, which is both dangerous......Trump and his Twitter feed are widely feared by Republicans.
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