OOPS! Hot Mic Captures GOP Rep Telling Republican Friend To ‘Go F**k Yourself’

A hot mic caught Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) telling a Republican colleague to “go f**k yourself” during a House Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on Tuesday.

Committee chair McCaul quietly uttered the expletive toward Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) after Issa went over his allotted time limit during questioning of former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley over America’s 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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McCaul later apologized for the outburst.

“It was a long day, and I lost my temper,” he said in a statement that was shared with The Hill. “That is uncharacteristic of me and I apologize to Mr Issa, who I consider a friend,” the lawmaker added.

Issa, meanwhile, wrote on X: “Hey @RepMcCaul — I’ve been called worse … and by people I don’t like!”

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