Bowser says she has a great relationship with the D.C. Council.

A longtime Muriel Bowser loyalist privately insulted Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White for declining to endorse his—and the mayor’s—preferred candidate in this year’s most competitive D.C. Council race. The Washington Post first reported on the text exchange between Joshua Lopez, a former Bowser appointee, and White. Washington City Paper later expanded on that reporting with a…