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MAGA Congressman Byron Donalds Blames Matt Gaetz for House GOP Chaos: ‘Lord of the Flies on Capito…(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images) Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) blamed his colleague Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for the chaos engulfing the House GOP caucus on Friday, arguing that his ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy for bringing Lord of the Flies to Capitol Hill. According to The Daily Beast‘s Reese Gorman, Donalds remarked on Friday that “Matt’s vacating Kevin McCarthy has brought us to Lord of the Flies on Capitol Hill.” “Not a good situation,” he added. Byron Donalds says that Gaetz’s motion to vacate McCarthy backfired on the Republican Conference: “Matt’s vacating Kevin McCarthy has brought us to Lord of the Flies on Capitol Hill. Not a good situation.” — Reese Gorman (@reesejgorman) April 19, 2024 Donalds’s comments are notable given the fact that he is, like Gaetz, both a close ally and…

Elon Musk says he opposes TikTok ban as bill returns to Capitol HillElon Musk on Friday expressed his opposition to banning TikTok in the United States as another bill heads to Capitol Hill. “In my opinion, TikTok should not be banned in the USA, even though such a ban may benefit the 𝕏 platform,” Musk, who owns X, wrote on the platform on Friday. “Doing so would be contrary to freedom of speech and expression. It is not what America stands for.” This week, House Republicans unveiled a national security bill that includes a provision banning TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner ByteDance doesn’t sell or sever its connections with the Chinese Communist Party.I’M ‘ABSOLUTELY’ INTERESTED IN JOINING MNUCHIN’S INVESTOR GROUP TO BUY TIKTOK: ROBERT HERJAVECThe bill gives ByteDance a year to cut its ties to the CCP and is included with a foreign aid package for Israel and Ukraine. It could…