His super-minority caucus is fractured into no less than two even smaller camps For the second time this 12 months, House Republican Leader Jim Durkin has stripped certainly one of his member’s entry to a House communications staffer. Rep. Chris Miller, R-Oakland, is the newest to lose his state-funded communications workers member. Earlier this 12 months, Rep. Dave McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, misplaced his comms staffer for criticizing fellow Republican Rep. Steve Reick for allegedly making “racist” feedback and calling on House GOP Leader Jim Durkin to resign for being a “fake Republican” and “corrupt insider.” McSweeney, who needs to run statewide in 2022, mentioned he paid for his personal communications staffer, so he wasn’t