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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78009316 United States 09/24/2019 01:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is not a joke: More Republicans than Democrats are exiting Congress in the lead up to the 2020 elections. 13 GOP representatives and 4 senators are retiring without bids for higher office, compared to 1 Senate and 3 House Democrats. Why it matters: Congressional retirements can describe the political landscape before an election and may signal that some GOP candidates lack confidence that their party can retake control of the House, per The Atlantic. Retiring House Republicans: Will Hurd, Texas-23 (Partisan Voter Index, via Cook Political Report: R+15) James Sensenbrenner, Wisc.-5 (R+13) Susan Brooks, Ind.-5 (R+9) Martha Roby, Ala.-2 (R+16) Sean Duffy, Wis.-7 (R+8) John Shimkus, Ill.-15 (R+21) Bill Flores, Texas-17 (R+12) Rob Woodall, Ga.-7 (R+9) Paul Mitchell, Mich.-10 (R+13) Pete Olson, Texas-22 (R+10) Kenny Marchant, Texas-24 (R+9) Mike Conaway, Texas-11 (R+32) Rob Bishop, Utah-1 (R+26) Retiring House Democrats: José Serrano, N.Y.-15 (D+44) Dave Loebsack, Iowa-2 (D+1) Susan Davis, Calif.-53 (D+14) Thread: WALKAWAY: More Republicans than Democrats leaving Congress before 2020 election |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 29910105 United States 09/24/2019 01:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | GOP congressmen are leaving in droves and the only thing a Trump cultist can come up with to defend their guru is a slogan and a meme. When all you are doing is shilling, that’s all you deserve!! Why? What OP posted is true and it's not good news for the GOP Congressional elections in 2020. The GOP already lost in 2018 and thus means it could be worse in 2020. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77116238 United States 09/24/2019 01:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | a two-term lawmaker who thought he’d be in Congress for years to come — This right here is the f*cking cusp of the problem. Politics is no longer service to your country, it's a goddamn career choice for socio and psychopaths. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77985291 United States 09/30/2019 02:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Moments after Trump’s July 14 missive telling four U.S. congresswomen of color to “go back” to their countries of origin, the congressman from Michigan phoned a fellow House GOP leader and asked him to get Trump to stop. “It’s the wrong thing for a leader to say,” he told the leader, whom he declined to name. “It’s politically damaging to the party, to the country.” Three days later, Mitchell was awaiting a prime-time CNN appearance when he saw footage of Trump rallygoers chanting “send her back,” aimed at one of the congresswomen, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Stunned, Mitchell said he scribbled question marks on a notepad to silently ask an aide: “How do I even respond to this on TV?” But one of the final straws was the unwillingness of people in Trump’s orbit to listen. Mitchell implored Vice President Pence, his chief of staff, Marc Short, and “any human being that has any influence in the White House” to arrange a one-on-one conversation between him and the president so he could express his concerns. It never happened. And 10 days after the Trump tweet, Mitchell — a two-term lawmaker who thought he’d be in Congress for years to come — announced his retirement. “We’re here for a purpose — and it’s not this petty, childish bullshit,” Mitchell, 62, said in an interview in early September. Pence’s office declined to comment. Mitchell is among a growing list of House Republicans — 18 to date — who have announced plans to resign, retire or run for another office, part of a snowballing exodus that many Republicans fear is imperiling their chances of regaining control of the House in the 2020 elections. And the problem for the GOP is bigger than retirements. Since Trump’s inauguration, a Washington Post analysis shows, nearly 40 percent of the 241 Republicans who were in office in January 2017 are gone or leaving because of election losses, retirements including former House speaker Paul D. Ryan (Wis.), and some, such as Mitchell, who are simply quitting in disgust. The retirement numbers are particularly staggering. All told, 41 House Republicans have left national politics or announced they won’t seek reelection in the nearly three years since Trump took office. That dwarfs the 25 Democrats who retired in the first four years of former president Barack Obama’s tenure — and Republicans privately predict this is only the beginning. [link to www.washingtonpost.com (secure)] ROLCON shilling is all about getting patriots at each other throat and radicalizing conservatives against the government. Every fucking Hillary State Dept email on her private server was sent, not hacked, but sent to Chinese intelligence. That's why these paid consensus managers push eyes on Trump instead of Chinese intelligence/Hillary/Obama treason. Who benefits with a Trump take down? Oh, yeah. China. Who is Hillary, Diane Feinstein, Biden and the rest of the DNC conspiring with to genocide our white asses? Oh yeah, China. These paid Hate Trump, Chinese-financed consensus managers work for white genocide of America for a pay check. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77985291 United States 09/30/2019 02:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | GOP congressmen are leaving in droves and the only thing a Trump cultist can come up with to defend their guru is a slogan and a meme. Trump sold Americans belief in their own greatness and manifest destiny of freedom and prosperity after 50 years of being sold down the river. Give me more of that. A lot more. Compared to the horse shit you are selling, clown boy. Patriots at each others throat and radicalization of Americans against the government. Yeah the system is corrupt. Trump was the outsider candidate voted in by racist, sexist, xenophobic no good motherfucking deplorables like me to say fuck the system. Fuck you, if you think I don't get it, bitch. You don't have exclusive ownership of outrage, you self absorbed nazi motherfucker. |
Teslahowitzer User ID: 75890543 United States 09/30/2019 02:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | GOP congressmen are leaving in droves and the only thing a Trump cultist can come up with to defend their guru is a slogan and a meme. Trump sold Americans belief in their own greatness and manifest destiny of freedom and prosperity after 50 years of being sold down the river. Give me more of that. A lot more. Compared to the horse shit you are selling, clown boy. Patriots at each others throat and radicalization of Americans against the government. Yeah the system is corrupt. Trump was the outsider candidate voted in by racist, sexist, xenophobic no good motherfucking deplorables like me to say fuck the system. Fuck you, if you think I don't get it, bitch. You don't have exclusive ownership of outrage, you self absorbed nazi motherfucker. I’m with this dude... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72063809 United States 09/30/2019 02:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is not a joke: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78009316 More Republicans than Democrats are exiting Congress in the lead up to the 2020 elections. 13 GOP representatives and 4 senators are retiring without bids for higher office, compared to 1 Senate and 3 House Democrats. Why it matters: Congressional retirements can describe the political landscape before an election and may signal that some GOP candidates lack confidence that their party can retake control of the House, per The Atlantic. Retiring House Republicans: Will Hurd, Texas-23 (Partisan Voter Index, via Cook Political Report: R+15) James Sensenbrenner, Wisc.-5 (R+13) Susan Brooks, Ind.-5 (R+9) Martha Roby, Ala.-2 (R+16) Sean Duffy, Wis.-7 (R+8) John Shimkus, Ill.-15 (R+21) Bill Flores, Texas-17 (R+12) Rob Woodall, Ga.-7 (R+9) Paul Mitchell, Mich.-10 (R+13) Pete Olson, Texas-22 (R+10) Kenny Marchant, Texas-24 (R+9) Mike Conaway, Texas-11 (R+32) Rob Bishop, Utah-1 (R+26) Retiring House Democrats: José Serrano, N.Y.-15 (D+44) Dave Loebsack, Iowa-2 (D+1) Susan Davis, Calif.-53 (D+14) Thread: WALKAWAY: More Republicans than Democrats leaving Congress before 2020 election i don’t understand. this is exactly what we wanted. ....!!?!?!?! these people are weak. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 55418620 Malaysia 09/30/2019 02:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | GOP congressmen are leaving in droves and the only thing a Trump cultist can come up with to defend their guru is a slogan and a meme. Trump sold Americans belief in their own greatness and manifest destiny of freedom and prosperity after 50 years of being sold down the river. Give me more of that. A lot more. Compared to the horse shit you are selling, clown boy. Patriots at each others throat and radicalization of Americans against the government. Yeah the system is corrupt. Trump was the outsider candidate voted in by racist, sexist, xenophobic no good motherfucking deplorables like me to say fuck the system. Fuck you, if you think I don't get it, bitch. You don't have exclusive ownership of outrage, you self absorbed nazi motherfucker. Trigger |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72063809 United States 09/30/2019 02:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | GOP congressmen are leaving in droves and the only thing a Trump cultist can come up with to defend their guru is a slogan and a meme. Trump sold Americans belief in their own greatness and manifest destiny of freedom and prosperity after 50 years of being sold down the river. Give me more of that. A lot more. Compared to the horse shit you are selling, clown boy. Patriots at each others throat and radicalization of Americans against the government. Yeah the system is corrupt. Trump was the outsider candidate voted in by racist, sexist, xenophobic no good motherfucking deplorables like me to say fuck the system. Fuck you, if you think I don't get it, bitch. You don't have exclusive ownership of outrage, you self absorbed nazi motherfucker. I’m with this dude... yeah that was good. millions and millions just like him all over the country i think 2020 has a chance to be a landslide. |
Robert55 User ID: 77272669 United States 09/30/2019 02:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Republican Rep. Paul Mitchell’s surprise retirement began with a President Trump tweet. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78028421 Moments after Trump’s July 14 missive telling four U.S. congresswomen of color to “go back” to their countries of origin, the congressman from Michigan phoned a fellow House GOP leader and asked him to get Trump to stop. “It’s the wrong thing for a leader to say,” he told the leader, whom he declined to name. “It’s politically damaging to the party, to the country.” Three days later, Mitchell was awaiting a prime-time CNN appearance when he saw footage of Trump rallygoers chanting “send her back,” aimed at one of the congresswomen, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Stunned, Mitchell said he scribbled question marks on a notepad to silently ask an aide: “How do I even respond to this on TV?” But one of the final straws was the unwillingness of people in Trump’s orbit to listen. Mitchell implored Vice President Pence, his chief of staff, Marc Short, and “any human being that has any influence in the White House” to arrange a one-on-one conversation between him and the president so he could express his concerns. It never happened. And 10 days after the Trump tweet, Mitchell — a two-term lawmaker who thought he’d be in Congress for years to come — announced his retirement. “We’re here for a purpose — and it’s not this petty, childish bullshit,” Mitchell, 62, said in an interview in early September. Pence’s office declined to comment. Mitchell is among a growing list of House Republicans — 18 to date — who have announced plans to resign, retire or run for another office, part of a snowballing exodus that many Republicans fear is imperiling their chances of regaining control of the House in the 2020 elections. And the problem for the GOP is bigger than retirements. Since Trump’s inauguration, a Washington Post analysis shows, nearly 40 percent of the 241 Republicans who were in office in January 2017 are gone or leaving because of election losses, retirements including former House speaker Paul D. Ryan (Wis.), and some, such as Mitchell, who are simply quitting in disgust. The retirement numbers are particularly staggering. All told, 41 House Republicans have left national politics or announced they won’t seek reelection in the nearly three years since Trump took office. That dwarfs the 25 Democrats who retired in the first four years of former president Barack Obama’s tenure — and Republicans privately predict this is only the beginning. [link to www.washingtonpost.com (secure)] You leftist morons sure are panicking and trying to make everything President Trump's fault. POTUS45 lives in you leftist's brain 24/7/365 |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 55418620 Malaysia 09/30/2019 02:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thread: Rep. Mac Thornberry becomes sixth Texas Republican in House to announce retirement ahead of 2020 election Rep. Mac Thornberry of Clarendon on Monday announced that he will not run for reelection next year, making the 13-term Panhandle lawmaker the sixth Texas Republican in Congress to head for the exits ahead of the 2020 election. "We are reminded ... that 'for everything there is a season,' and I believe that the time has come for a change," he said in a news release, quoting a verse from Ecclesiastes. "Therefore, I will not be a candidate for reelection in the 2020 election." His retirement marks a heavyweight loss for a state delegation in flux. The congressman, elected to the U.S. House in 1994, is one of the longest-tenured Texans in Washington from either party. He's spent the last three terms as the top Republican on the powerful House Armed Services Committee, serving as chairman for two of those terms. Now of the 25 Texas Republicans who were House members in 2016 when President Donald Trump was sworn into office, only 11 are slated to still be in Congress after next year. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77985291 United States 09/30/2019 02:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | GOP congressmen are leaving in droves and the only thing a Trump cultist can come up with to defend their guru is a slogan and a meme. Trump sold Americans belief in their own greatness and manifest destiny of freedom and prosperity after 50 years of being sold down the river. Give me more of that. A lot more. Compared to the horse shit you are selling, clown boy. Patriots at each others throat and radicalization of Americans against the government. Yeah the system is corrupt. Trump was the outsider candidate voted in by racist, sexist, xenophobic no good motherfucking deplorables like me to say fuck the system. Fuck you, if you think I don't get it, bitch. You don't have exclusive ownership of outrage, you self absorbed nazi motherfucker. Trigger :epiclol Hey you fucking Pelosi consensus manager. Eat the fucking shit out my ass, bitch boy. |
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User ID: 77443882 Belgium 09/30/2019 02:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Republican Rep. Paul Mitchell’s surprise retirement began with a President Trump tweet. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78028421 Moments after Trump’s July 14 missive telling four U.S. congresswomen of color to “go back” to their countries of origin, the congressman from Michigan phoned a fellow House GOP leader and asked him to get Trump to stop. “It’s the wrong thing for a leader to say,” he told the leader, whom he declined to name. “It’s politically damaging to the party, to the country.” Three days later, Mitchell was awaiting a prime-time CNN appearance when he saw footage of Trump rallygoers chanting “send her back,” aimed at one of the congresswomen, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Stunned, Mitchell said he scribbled question marks on a notepad to silently ask an aide: “How do I even respond to this on TV?” But one of the final straws was the unwillingness of people in Trump’s orbit to listen. Mitchell implored Vice President Pence, his chief of staff, Marc Short, and “any human being that has any influence in the White House” to arrange a one-on-one conversation between him and the president so he could express his concerns. It never happened. And 10 days after the Trump tweet, Mitchell — a two-term lawmaker who thought he’d be in Congress for years to come — announced his retirement. “We’re here for a purpose — and it’s not this petty, childish bullshit,” Mitchell, 62, said in an interview in early September. Pence’s office declined to comment. Mitchell is among a growing list of House Republicans — 18 to date — who have announced plans to resign, retire or run for another office, part of a snowballing exodus that many Republicans fear is imperiling their chances of regaining control of the House in the 2020 elections. And the problem for the GOP is bigger than retirements. Since Trump’s inauguration, a Washington Post analysis shows, nearly 40 percent of the 241 Republicans who were in office in January 2017 are gone or leaving because of election losses, retirements including former House speaker Paul D. Ryan (Wis.), and some, such as Mitchell, who are simply quitting in disgust. The retirement numbers are particularly staggering. All told, 41 House Republicans have left national politics or announced they won’t seek reelection in the nearly three years since Trump took office. That dwarfs the 25 Democrats who retired in the first four years of former president Barack Obama’s tenure — and Republicans privately predict this is only the beginning. [link to www.washingtonpost.com (secure)] Only Trump didn't say 'country of origin'. |
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User ID: 76388104 United States 09/30/2019 02:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Source: Washington Post! OP...too bad you don't know better. "Washington Post" is better known as "The Washington Compost." All trash! Last Edited by nutmeg on 09/30/2019 05:16 PM |
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