"Tonight, a handful of Republicans took a dive on a vote to strip Stacy (sic) Plaskett of her position on House intel because of her ties to Epstein, wrote Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) on X. They did it to protect a Republican facing his own ethics issues from a similar vote. This backroom deal sh*t is swampy, wrong and always deserves to be called out."
"Democrats had countered the move against Plaskett by introducing a measure of their own to censure Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) and to remove him from the House Armed Services Committee. Mills is facing numerous allegations including; domestic abuse, stolen valor, and financial misconduct. (Mills denies all of the accusations.) But the measure against Mills is likely to be withdrawn after the measure against Plaskett was defeated."
"Numerous Republicans blasted the move to help Plaskett as part of what they called a backroom deal to protect Mills. What they did was they cut a deal on an ethics vote on another Republican, said Tim Burchett (R-TN). He added, It's really disgusting. I get disgusted about some things, but this is one that's really bad. It's bogus, and it stinks."
Late Tuesday night, a House vote to censure Rep. Stacey Plaskett for texting with Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 Oversight Committee hearing failed 209-214. Three Republicans — Don Bacon, Lance Gooden and Dave Joyce — joined Democrats to vote down the measure while three other Republicans voted present. Democrats had introduced a separate measure to censure Rep. Cory Mills and remove him from the House Armed Services Committee; Mills faces allegations including domestic abuse, stolen valor and financial misconduct and denies them. Numerous Republicans condemned GOP defections as a backroom deal to protect Mills, and the Mills measure is likely to be withdrawn.
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