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CONSERVATIVES WARY AFTER MCCARTHY FLOATS STOPGAP SPENDING PLAN TO AVOID GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  "I will use every tool at my disposal to stop a continuing resolution structured that way," Roy vowed. He said Republicans must confront the Biden administration and force policy changes at the border by leveraging the power of the purse.  Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, speaks during a news conference with the House Freedom Caucus on the debt limit negotiations at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on March 10, 2023. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) "We as a people, as a country, should stop it. And we as a Republican Congress should put our entire careers and our entire ownership of the House of Representatives on the line to stop funding that smirking son of a b---- Alejandro Mayorkas, who is the secretary of Homeland Security and shouldn't be," said Roy.  "Not only should he be impeached, the entire organization should have funding withheld until we stop what's happening at the border," he added. "Until these gutless losers in Washingt...

Chip Roy Says House Must Stop Funding 'that Smirking Son Of A B----' DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

  Chip Roy Says House Must Stop Funding 'that Smirking Son Of A B----' DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, on Wednesday, erupted during an interview and called for Congress to reject further funding for "that smirking son of a b----" Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Roy, a border and deficit hawk, told KSEV radio host Chris Salcedo that Republicans in the House must withhold funding from the Department of Homeland Security until the crisis at the southern border is resolved. His heated remarks come after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy floated a short-term continuing resolution to extend Congress' Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government. McCarthy's proposal is largely considered a "nonstarter" for Roy and other conservative House Freedom Caucus members, who want Congress to cut back spending to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels.