Posted on 01/11/2018 2:55:41 AM PST by SkyPilot
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., announced Wednesday that he is retiring from Congress and would not be seeking re-election, the 31st House Republican to do so.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., announced he will not seek re-election Wednesday, adding to a record number of House Republicans heading for the exits ahead of the 2018 midterms — perhaps seeing the writing on the wall of a possible wave election for Democrats.
There are now 31 Republicans who will not seek re-election in November: 19 who are retiring outright and another 12 who are running for higher office. And that list is is expected to grow in the coming weeks.
The last time a party had nearly that many members retire during a midterm year was in 1994, when 28 Democrats left and the GOP subsequently took back control of Congress in the Republican Revolution. Now, it's Republicans who find themselves in the opposite and unenviable position. Just one year into his term, President Trump has record low approval ratings, congressional Republicans have had few legislative achievements save for the tax overhaul they passed last month, and Democrats seem more fired up than ever to issue a rebuke to the GOP at the ballot box this year.
"There's no question when you look at these midterms that the Democratic base is more intense than the Republican base, and that offers some significant challenges to Republicans in holding the House, and retirements in marginal seats like [Rep. Ed] Royce's don't help," said former Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., a former National Republican Congressional Committee chairman.
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What is with the mass exodus?
This is good since we can get some younger Republicans into these seats.
So why are all the people leaving that are not seeking higher office?
Is it not going to be any fun now that the substitute teacher is gone and the real teacher is going to have rules instead of a free for all where these creatures can no longer line their own pockets?
OR
Will some of them be in jail?
Your not worried that people would vote in Democrats?
“What is with the mass exodus”
The Republican Party is dead as a doornail and the process of replacement is about to begin, that’s what’s up.
Trump is like a heart transplant into the political system. What you see happening is like what happens when the body tries to reject a transplant.
The Republicans are the helper T cells of the Uniparty rejection.
The voters, I hope, are the immunosuppressive drugs that will save the transplant.
We just have to offer Republican candidates who appeal to younger voters. Most of these districts are historically GOP.
There’s simply a record amount of people yearning to spend more time with their families!~Sarc
Best to get as much accomplished as possible before the midterms. The House is going to be one ugly mess.
Following.
We want MAGA candidates not just younger globalist Free Traitorsd™.
Yo should never fear an election. If the GOP puts strong nationalist MAGA candidate THEY WILL WIN. Never operate pout fear.
The #NeverTrump GOPe donor class has apparently decided they would prefer a Democrat controlled congress, as the best way to maintain the Cheap Labor Express.
Plus the any Republican who has EVER had an affair, or who can credibly be accused of sexual harassment, WILL get a parade of accusations later this year.
Traitor to the Constitution:
"I have protected the IRS Atrocity,
and the other treason and sedition and crimes
created by McCain, Schummer and others.
Under my watch, ALL the corrupt will walk free
and so my job is complete."
NPR <- no agenda there.
I have a few theories on this:
1. The pizzagate conspiracies are true, and the rats are choosing to abandon ship
2. As many have said in the past, Republicans are gutless and have no desire to be the party in charge. They have the chance to be in charge for a long time, and those who would rather been on the powerless side are leaving.
3. Trump is draining the swamp, and these guys are swamp creatures.
4. They are all Cucks and don’t like “the tone” of Washington D.C. anymore. In other words their pearl-clutching has exceeded their desire to actually do their damn jobs.
Since October, there is an unprecedented number of sealed indictments— close to 10,000. Also look at the large numbers of CEOs who have stepped down. Then recognize that this month is anti-human trafficking month and it seems as though it’s all interconnected.
So some think that politicians are quietly being told retire or we will destroy you? Or they know the news is going to come out, so they announce retirement so someone new can come forward and run and maybe the seat can be saved? Or both?
“The Republican Party is dead as a doornail and the process of replacement is about to begin, that’s what’s up.”......
Many of those running out the back door NEED TO BE GONE. There are a few who might be missed had they actually supported Trump. Sometimes a good “house cleaning” is needed. As others have said, this exodus might prove to be a severe blow to the repubs controlling both the house and the senate, time will tell.
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