Pressure mounts on Rep. Joe Barton to drop 2018 re-election plans

[TexasTowelie]

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WASHINGTON -- Pressure is mounting on Ennis Rep. Joe Barton to drop his re-election plans.

On Wednesday, state Sen. Konni Burton, R-Colleyville, joined a number of key Republicans in his district calling for him to abandon his 18th congressional campaign.

"We must hold public officials to a high standard and recent publicized incidents demonstrate those standards were not met,” Burton, an influential Tea Party leader, said in a statement.

She said Barton should not seek re-election “so that Tarrant County can move forward in making sure we send a strong conservative to Congress.”

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2017/11/29/pressure-mountson-rep-joe-barton-drop-2018-re-election-plans

Burton's seat has been targeted as a possible flip for Democrats. Perhaps Konni believes that she will find greener pastures (and a huge pay raise) if she runs for U.S. representative instead? Maybe Konni Burton could purchase some cheap second-hand campaign signage from Joe and alter it so that "Barton" becomes "Burton" instead?

[BeyondGeography]

1. At least we got to see what a masturbating Pillsbury Dough Boy looks like

They'll never be able to take that away from Old Joe.

[Marie Marie]

2. ...

[walkingman]

3. He and his supporters could care less - they have the religious base on their side and

they are very unlikely to stop supporting him regardless opf what he does. Trump has the same type of support. Sick.