Senator John Kennedy lashed out at his colleagues as he described their progress in getting the House back in order.

“What we have here is an intergalactic freak show,” the Louisiana rep. said of the GOP’s closed-door meetings taking place in DC over the weekend.

Kennedy will be stuck with his colleagues for a while yet. The meetings were ordered by President Trump, who insisted that his senators flock to Washington just as he jetted off for Florida.

The purpose of the working weekend is to seal a deal to end the shutdown, but Kennedy didn’t hold high hopes for the talks.

In addition to describing the get-together as a freak show when talking to Politico after a conference on Friday, Kennedy also revealed what he thought the weekend would achieve. “Nothing,” he said. “We’re going to be

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