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Mick Mulvaney and Trey Gowdy both served in the US House from South Carolina
The Office of Management and Budget director ribbed Gowdy on his hair
Twitter got a taste of some playful barbs between two notable South Carolinians on Tuesday – Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney.
It all started when Mulvaney went to wish Gowdy happy birthday, and his tweet included a series of images that showed the South Carolina lawmaker styling various hair styles.
“What do you get for someone on his 60th birthday? A razor and a comb. Happy birthday, @TGowdySC,” the tweet from Mulvaney reads.
A few hours passed, before Gowdy returned the gesture.
“I’m just a couple of haircuts away from equaling the number of staff departures by your WH colleagues. I get it. You are hard to work with,” Gowdy tweeted back.
“If I could defund your haircuts, I would,” Mulvaney shot back.
Mulvaney and Gowdy are both Republicans who served as US representatives from South Carolina together – so their exchange is assumingly good-natured and friendly.
And although it is Gowdy’s birthday, he is not actually 60-years-old like Mulvaney claimed – he turned 53 on Tuesday.