Devin Murphy, Rep. Matt Gaetz’s LD who recently resigned, sends out a departing email to other Hill staff with the Subject line: “Well...bye”
Email body: “It’s been real.”
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🧵 State Dept. spokesperson to me on the Biden admin's stance on the Yemen blockade:
"The United States does not support restrictions on the importation of essential goods into Yemen, including through Hudaydah port, by any party...
I signed this letter to send the Biden administration a clear message: The United States must cease its support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen immediately. https://t.co/Ik0kYTI3tX
Lawmakers have continued to press the Biden administration for harsher action and a wholesale rethinking of the American stance toward Saudi Arabia. https://t.co/VirWC7Zdzf
"They believe Montagu’s White House moonlighting began as something to boast about in the online global gaming platform called ROBLOX, where users jokingly call themselves 'Legos.'" https://t.co/qjBYTxDJhW
In Playbook PM today: Trump is slated to appear at an April 24 Mar-a-Lago fundraiser for the House Freedom Fund that is also expected to feature Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert, per invite
A source familiar confirms @npfandos and @CatieEdmondson report that Gaetz legislative director Devin Murphy has resigned - 2nd person since DOJ investigation became public.
The source was told that it was due to the DOJ investigation but also he was looking to leave before that
Not a flat flat budget (up slightly from the $704B+ level this year) but still clocks in under the $722B projected in Trump’s last budget.
Unlikely to please progressives who wanted cuts and defense hawks who want real growth — though they maybe settle for an inflation bump. https://t.co/pGHovorrIs
NEW: Matt Gaetz's legislative director, Devin Murphy, resigned last week amid news of DOJ sex trafficking investigation, per 3 ppl familiar
Murphy told associates he was interested in writing bills, not working at TMZ, per 1 of them
w/@CatieEdmondsonhttps://t.co/yMd1BpNgud
We have to find a way to return to getting bipartisan work done in Congress, but we can’t do it with Representatives who continue to peddle the lie that the election was stolen and seek to undermine our constitutional democracy. https://t.co/Vua8gTxkXc
As she signed onto a bill led by a Republican colleague who voted to overturn the election, @RepEscobar told him: “I just want you to know that what you all did — I haven’t gotten past it. And it was wrong, and it was terrible." w/@lukebroadwaterhttps://t.co/38CcTshPrU
As she signed onto a bill led by a Republican colleague who voted to overturn the election, @RepEscobar told him: “I just want you to know that what you all did — I haven’t gotten past it. And it was wrong, and it was terrible." w/@lukebroadwaterhttps://t.co/38CcTshPrU
Biden allies in Congress are pushing for "a harder line against Saudi Arabia, concerned that what the White House has called a careful recalibration of the United States-Saudi relationship has not gone far enough."
@CatieEdmondson reports
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Four years ago, I met two extraordinary children. Ava was 7, from rural South Carolina. Tyshaun was 8, from Southeast DC. They didn't know each other or have much in common, but gun violence had ruined both of their lives. This is the story of how they became best friends. (1/) https://t.co/FIsN4rRmIW
I am heartbroken that Officer Evans was killed today in the line of duty. On this Good Friday, let's all pray for healing for the surviving officer, comfort for Officer Evans’s family, and for all the officers and families of the United States Capitol Police.
My full statement: https://t.co/0ykpCLaoJX
CRITICAL INCIDENT: USCP is responding to the North Barricade vehicle access point along Independence Avenue for reports someone rammed a vehicle into two USCP officers. A suspect is in custody. Both officers are injured. All three have been transported to the hospital. https://t.co/4TXIdulJc6