Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has called out Republican leadership over their plans to block President Donald Trump from making recess appointments during the congressional summer break, the Washington Examiner reported.

While the Constitution provides the president the ability to make temporary recess appointments when Congress is out of session, Massie said that House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., aren’t going to let that happen.

“During August recess, Speaker Johnson and Leader Thune plan to call the House and Senate into session every four or five days, with practically no one there, for the sole purpose of preventing Trump from making recess appointments,” Massie posted on X Friday.

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