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					<p>A Republican lawmaker who voted against a nearly $8 billion relief package for victims of Hurricane Harvey had a playful response after he was called a colorful term on social media.</p>
<p>"Wow, what a piece of shit," the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce wrote of Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., in a tweet Wednesday.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Well I'm not crazy about the bill either, but I don't know if I would call it that. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sassywithmassie?src=hash">#sassywithmassie</a> <a href="https://t.co/OfHvD4UwDY">pic.twitter.com/OfHvD4UwDY</a>— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/905569636464427008">September 6, 2017</a></p>
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<p>The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has since apologized for the Tweet, saying an employee of a marketing firm who manages their Twitter account was responsible for the link and that he intended to post it to his personal account.</p>
<p>"The personal comment in no way reflects the views of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce or that of Scooter Media broadly," Shannan Boyer, president of Scooter Media, said in a statement.</p>
<p>Boyter told <a href="http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/09/06/nky-chamber-tweets-massie-piece-sh-t/639819001/?cookies=&amp;from=global" target="_blank">Cinncinatti.com</a> the employee has personally apologized to Massie and has been suspended pending further inquiry.</p>
<p>Massie recently told the <em>Washington Examiner</em> he enjoys personally responding to critics on Twitter using a hashtag #SassywithMassie.</p>

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