McCarthy Fails To Broker Truce Between Warring Reps

Politico reports:

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy tried — without success — Tuesday night to end an ugly battle between two of his GOP freshmen. The California Republican implored Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), in separate private meetings, to stop attacking one another after their back-and-forth online spat dragged on for hours earlier Tuesday. After speaking with the GOP leader, Greene said she told McCarthy that she would quit attacking Mace.

But as she was leaving the meeting, Greene suggested to CNN that she was interested in seeing Mace get a Republican primary challenger, something former President Donald Trump has called for. Mace, after meeting with McCarthy, also didn’t back down after being asked about Greene’s primary challenger comments. “All I can say about Marjorie Taylor Greene is bless her fucking heart,” Mace told reporters.

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