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Awkward: Musk & Trump’s Daddy on Daddy fight making Republicans squirm
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Awkward: Musk & Trump’s Daddy on Daddy fight making Republicans squirm

Ep. 62 — Rep. Dave Joyce (6-6-2025)
A Washington Post reporter interviews a congressman at US Capitol. Photo: Matt Laslo © AskaPolpolitics.com
Rep. Dave Joyce speaks with the Washington Post’s Paul Kane on the steps of the US Capitol. Photo: Matt Laslo

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Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH)

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Ask a Pol asks:

Are you worried at all about this? Daddy on Daddy fight?

Key Joyce:

“My son texted me yesterday, ‘It’s like watching a high school breakup,’" Rep. Dave Joyce exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “It was bound to happen, right? Two massive egos.”

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Is it a pleasant distraction?

Joyce laughs.

“No. We've got serious business to do here, and we need to stay focused on our job at hand,” Joyce tells us.

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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH), slightly edited for clarity.

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Dave Joyce

SCENE: Rep. Dave Joyce is heading back to his office after voting on a hot sticky summer day in Washington, so Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo brings the sweating congressman out of the sun and under the shade of a tree.

Matt Laslo: “Are you worried at all about this? Daddy on Daddy fight?"

Joyce laughs.

Dave Joyce: “My son texted me yesterday, ‘It’s like watching a high school breakup.’"

ML: “Right?"

DJ: “It was bound to happen, right? Two massive egos.”

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