Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p>As <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Scalise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scalise</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/speaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speaker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/collapses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collapses</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> float working with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>. </p><p>“I don’t think there has been legitimate <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/outreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outreach</span></a>,” from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>, a senior <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/staffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>staffer</span></a> told <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Semafor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Semafor</span></a>. “Sure, those <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/members" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>members</span></a> talk to the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a>, but not to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MinorityLeader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityLeader</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HakeemJeffries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HakeemJeffries</span></a> or the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a>.” </p><p><a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/10/12/2023/scalise-drops-out-bipartisan-deal" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">semafor.com/article/10/12/2023</span><span class="invisible">/scalise-drops-out-bipartisan-deal</span></a></p>