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House Republicans are jumping off the sinking ship (thehill.com)

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Have you noticed the rush of House Republicans calling it quits in the last few weeks?

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) announced his exit Nov. 1. He explained that to be a member of the Republican House majority means putting up with  the “many Republican leaders [who] are lying to America, claiming that the 2020 election was stolen.”

Buck is predicting that even more House Republicans will leave “in the near future.”

The day before Buck said good-bye, House Appropriations Chair Kay Granger (R-Texas) also quit. Granger had been a leader among House Republicans who prevented the far-right, election-denying Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) from becoming Speaker of the House.

Also in October, Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) said she was quitting. “Right now, Washington, D.C. is broken,” she said. “It is hard to get anything done.”

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[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

this title is unfortunately metaphorical

[-] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Don't forget Joe Manchin.

[-] Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Wish I could

[-] GombeenSysadmin@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Hey is that Jonah the cloud botherer over his left shoulder there?

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

This rush of Republicans abandoning the House is tied to former president Trump’s large lead in the GOP presidential primary race.

Every Republican still in the House next year will be forced to run for reelection while possibly supporting a convicted felon at the head the GOP ticket.

The bad behavior continued last week with House Republicans authorizing subpoenas for Biden’s family in an effort to impeach the president.

They are locked into fear of Trump attacking them even though last Tuesday’s election results signaled that voters reject extreme right-wing MAGA Republicanism.

“Daniel Cameron [in Kentucky’s governor’s race] is the millionth Republican candidate to lose because he was endorsed by Trump,” said conservative commentator Ann Coulter.

To repeat, that means any Republican on the ballot in 2024 faces the ugly prospect of being asked to defend Trump for the next three years, while getting nothing done on Capitol Hill.

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[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I would also like to opt out of the next election cycle.

[-] Neato@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

If a Republican wins in 2024, they will ensure that comes to pass for everyone forever.

[-] cindylouwhovian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

When the GOP is being blackmailed into submission by an orange flaming dotard, their only option is to submit or quit.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

And they're quitting too late. They could've stuck to whatever morals they had and stood their ground and possibly lost their seats, but they were content to toe the line and participate in the destruction of their party. Fuck em.

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