A far-right lawmaker whose tenure in Congress ended following a public feud with President-elect Donald Trump gave one last parting shot at the incoming president as he headed out the door.
Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) was a devoted footsoldier of right-wing causes in Congress, even serving as chair of the outspoken House Freedom Caucus. But he sealed his fate after he backed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president. Trump returned that favor by endorsing his primary challenger, Virginia state Sen. John McGuire, a candidate who has essentially indistinguishable political views from Good, and who also happened to be present at the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
After both lawmakers scrambled to prove their Trump bona fides to voters, including both showing up in Manhattan during his criminal trial to denounce the district attorney, McGuire emerged victorious.
But Good has one option available to get back at Trump on his way out: vote against the new continuing resolution to keep the government open.
And he appears set on doing so.
On Thursday when CNN's Melanie Zanona asked him if he supported the bill, Good replied, "Of course not."
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Already some other GOP lawmakers — typically those who reject continuing resolutions on principle without a long-term budget they support — have vowed to vote against it, including Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), whom Trump threatened with a primary challenge earlier in the day.
Congress was thrown into chaos this week after Trump's close associate and campaign benefactor, tech billionaire Elon Musk, came out against the bipartisan deal agreed to on keeping the government open, turning a number of Republicans against it and upending the whole deal.
They have rushed to cobble together a new agreement with just Republican input and Trump's blessing — but with the GOP majority so thin and Democrats vowing to oppose it, the GOP will struggle to pass it with their caucus alone as they continue to see defections.
