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GOP Rep. John Sullivan: I’d Have To Kill Senators To Get GOP’s Budget Passed | At a town hall meeting this week, Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) told constituents that in order to get the House GOP’s budget through the Senate, he would have to shoot a couple senators. According to audio obtained by TPM’s Evan McMorris-Santoro, Sullivan told the audience that he supported the GOP budget, drafted by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) last year, but “other than me going over there with a gun and holding it to their head and maybe killing a couple of them, I don’t think they’re going to listen unless they get beat.” Sullivan’s spokesperson later apologized, offering “sincere apologies to anyone he offended and for using a poor choice of words to make his point.” Listen to the audio: