GOP Rep To Boycott Committees And GOP Meetings

Politico reports:

Rep. Victoria Spartz announced Monday that she is opting out from serving on committees next year and will boycott the House GOP conference meetings, a rare move given she also stated her intention to remain a Republican.

“I will stay as a registered Republican but will not sit on committees or participate in the caucus until I see that Republican leadership in Congress is governing. I do not need to be involved in circuses,” Spartz wrote on X.

With three House members set to depart for the Trump administration early next year, Speaker Mike Johnson could be left to manage a single-vote majority for several months — and the famously mercurial Spartz could well be that majority.

Read the full article. Spartz, who has been accused of throwing furniture at her staff, was charged in June 2024 for attempting to bring a gun into Washington DC’s Dulles airport. Early this year Spartz reversed on her claim that she would not seek reelection.

I will stay as a registered Republican but will not sit on committees or participate in the caucus until I see that Republican leadership in Congress is governing. I do not need to be involved in circuses. I would rather spend more of my time helping @DOGE and @RepThomasMassie to… https://t.co/ZNju2jvNHk

— Rep. Victoria Spartz (@RepSpartz) December 16, 2024