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The Republican Rep Who Keeps Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
Photo by Aaron Schwartz/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesOn Capitol Hill, reporters know how to find Texas Republican Troy Nehls.After the House of Representatives finishes a vote, Nehls usually leaves the chamber and hurries toward the Capitol steps. Instead of walking straight down the stairs toward...
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The MAGA diehard could, for instance, nominate former President Donald Trump for Speaker of the House.
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Or Nehls might admit he won’t back a bipartisan border security bill, at least, in part, because he’s “not willing to do too damn much right now to help a Democrat and to help Joe Biden’s approval rating.”
Or maybe, when asked about what the House GOP hopes to gain from its impeachment inquiry into President Biden, Nehls will candidly and proudly reply, “Donald J. Trump 2024, baby!”
Or Nehls will call Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO)—who is Black—“loud” and her husband, a “thug.”
Nehls has done all of these things, earning seemingly endless headlines and sparking controversial news cycles.
In the process, the second-term congressman has earned a name for himself. He’s also earned blowback, occasionally from fellow Republicans. To hear him tell it, that’s the idea.
“I didn’t come up here to make friends,” Nehls told The Daily Beast last week in between drags on his cigar—this time seated in a black leather chair in his congressional office.
“Every once in a while, you know, when you’re that junior woodchuck in the room, you try to build a relationship with these guys and try to understand just how this place works,” Nehls—a 55-year-old in his second term—added of senior Republicans.