GOP Retirements Keep Coming

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/27/gop-retirements-keep-coming/

GOP Retirements Keep Coming
July 27, 2019 at 10:32 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Playbook: “While we were all watching Robert Mueller and Democrats this week, here’s what happened to House Republicans: Three popular and well-respected members of Congress decided they weren’t going to run for reelection. Michigan Rep. Paul Mitchell, Texas Rep. Pete Olson and Alabama Rep. Martha Roby all said they were calling it quits.”

“Republicans say they lost the House because of too many retirements last cycle, yet they are seeing a steady stream of lawmakers forgo reelection once again.”

[marble falls]

1. Now if we can only get 10 or so to leave the Senate before there's any ...

time to get a "credible" GOP replacement.

[catrose]

4. Yes this!

[thesquanderer]

10. 22 GOP Senate seats are up in 2020.

Flip scenarios can be played with at https://www.270towin.com/2020-senate-election/

[Pantagruel]

2. a "credible" GOP replacement.

What exactly is that?

[thesquanderer]

9. someone with a chance of winning. (n/t)

[marble falls]

18. Why do you think I put quotations around it? A GOPer who could win ...

in spite of being shat out from the bowels of Hell, like Louis Gohmert.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. how many are retiring to non-extradition countries?

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. DING DING!

We have a winner! Actually, I mean that I see this exodus as the fact that reality is about to catch up to more than a few of those repub shysters. They know the lies and deceit in the name of profit and power are about to shatter and disintegrate from being stretched too thin. They are running back to their enclaves of paid off officials and sycophants because they have to have that illusion of power they crave. They know they are about to lose it in politics, and there is also the fact that there may be some significant social changes that will put their bubbles at even more risk. They won't stand for it, so expect a backlash from the rich, or... just what you mention. LOL!

[DinahMoeHum]

5. Tee hee. They see the writing on the wall. . .

[not fooled]

6. Slinking away

with their tails between their legs. Of course fewer GOPee incumbents is a good thing, but would be nice if they would denounce the racist-in-chief before departing. I'm not counting on it.

[duforsure]

8. The rats are jumping ship fast now,

And now waiting for some in the Senate to switch party to force Moscow Mitch out of his leadership position, and to stop trump and putin's agenda, and to protect our election process. All it would take is for 5 or more to switch to end this nation's nightmare with what trump and putin , and Moscow Mitch is doing now to this country.

[zentrum]

11. Too little too late.

Should have spoken up as soon as he started to subvert the country. But just go now!

[pecosbob]

12. Argentina?

Chief: It's no longer a blue world, Max. Where could we go?
Max: Argentina?

[lame54]

13. Do we have people to run for those seats?

[bluecollar2]

15. Good question

In Texas Republicans or "conservatives" almost always run unopposed.

[watoos]

14. With the pedophile, racist, misogynist platform of the GOP,

maybe they have a bunch of Roy Moore clones lined up to run along side Pedo45.

[D_Master81]

16. The scary part

What’s scary to think about is that every one of these will have a more Trump like candidate run. If we don’t win these races the GOP will lurch even further to the right than it currently is.

[mucifer]

17. We need the senate repubs to leave. That is what is really important