In a brutal tweet post on Wednesday, one Republican member of Congress has called out his own party’s hypocrisy in blasting Texas Democrats for leaving their state.
But where a lot of Republicans saw opportunity, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) saw hypocrisy — especially since House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) suddenly canceled House votes last month and sent lawmakers home early for five weeks to avoid a vote on releasing files connected to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of President Donald Trump.
Despite Johnson’s very public efforts to sweep the scandal under the rug, Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) have introduced a bipartisan resolution calling for the release of the files.
After Republicans criticized Texas Democrats who left their state to prevent the passage of a gerrymandered map, Massie apparently wondered why they were OK with lawmakers ditching Washington, D.C., to avoid a vote on a topic Trump has tried to downplay.
Massie made his thoughts known on social media with a tweet that compared “Democrats leaving Texas to protect their district” to “Republicans leaving D.C. to protect the Epstein files,” with Johnson’s head superimposed over the image of a driver in a car meant to represent Republicans.
Some people saw Massie’s post as a sign that he was just a D-D-Democrat in Republican clothes.
But Massie pointed out just how conservative he is in his response.
