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And you thought the cult couldn’t get any weirder:
The political partnership between Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene entered a new level of strangeness when the Georgia congresswoman reportedly dropped a huge chunk of dough on…the House Speaker’s used chapstick.
Politico’s Olivia Beavers reported that House Republicans held a conference on Tuesday morning which consisted of a 15 minute fundraising auction for McCarthy’s chapstick. Greene won the auction, according to Beavers, with a bid of $100,000.
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What this really means, of course, is that MTG is moving $100,000 of her own donors’ money over to McCarthy. Which is legal.
NEW: During GOP conference today, House Rs did about a 15-min fundraising auction for chapstick used by Speaker McCarthy.
The winner: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), whose winning bid was $100,000, her Spox confirms to me.
— Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) May 23, 2023
Others bid on it as well, but MTG ultimately won: And as bidding went on, McCarthy would sweeten the deal, throwing in agreeing to attend a dinner with donors/supporters for whoever wins, Spox confirmed.
The chapstick specifically was a Rep. Aaron Bean campaign chapstick.
— Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) May 23, 2023
The chapstick!
Told the flavor is cherry! pic.twitter.com/E8XKByZEVR
— Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) May 23, 2023
They doing this insane chapstick shit while the country teeters on default.
Wild. https://t.co/Q4DOsNOxGd
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) May 23, 2023
In a fundraising auction during the GOP conference today, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy auctioned off *his chapstick*—and threw in dinner with the winner’s donors.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s winning bid was $100,000—presumably from MTG’s campaign or leadership PAC to a party acct. https://t.co/BFXvxUvjbD
— Anna Massoglia (@annalecta) May 23, 2023