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Marjorie Taylor Greene Buys Kevin McCarthy’s Used Chapstick at Auction

CHERRY FLAVORED

The lip ointment came with a dinner with McCarthy for the donors or political supporters of the highest bidder.

Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)—who has forged closer ties with Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) since his ascension to speaker of the House—will now pay $100,000 for his used chapstick. Politico reporter Olivia Beavers reported that Greene bid on McCarthy’s chapstick (cherry flavored, in case you were wondering) at a fundraising auction during a GOP conference on Tuesday. The chapstick, which was a piece of campaign merch for Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL), who ran the auction, came with a promise that McCarthy would attend a dinner with the victor’s supporters. Greene reportedly didn’t bid on the chapstick until the donor dinner was on the table, Beavers said.

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