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House GOP Worries About ‘Mass Exodus’ Of Frustrated Members
talkingpointsmemo.com ^ | 9/14/17 | Cameron Joseph

Posted on 09/14/2017 2:36:33 PM PDT by cotton1706

Following a rash of retirements, House Republican leaders are scrambling to get something done legislatively to convince other frustrated members not to toss in the towel in a tough political environment.

It’s not much fun to be a House Republican these days. President Trump has repeatedly taken potshots at their conference. Primary challenges burble on the right. Congress has been unable to pass much meaningful legislation in spite of unified control of Washington. Every trip home means an earful both from liberals furious at their support of the president and conservatives irate they’re not doing enough to support his agenda. And members who haven’t seen real competition for years face tough races due to Trump’s deep unpopularity.

That weighs heavily on Republicans who are on the fence about returning.

“The jury may be out for some folks. … Some days it feels discouraging,” said Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV), who told TPM he was likely to run for reelection but admitted his final decision in March was “a long ways away.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2018primaries; congress; elections; republicans
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To: GOPe Means Bend Over Spell Run
and members who haven’t seen real competition for years face tough races due to Trump’s deep unpopularity.”

I almost laughed when I read that.

61 posted on 09/14/2017 6:13:44 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: FreeReign
You forgot about the WALL
62 posted on 09/14/2017 6:15:09 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Jim 0216
Oh BS. The Globalist Corporatists are indeed the problem. They have off shored and Free Traded the USA almost to the point of economic doom. Deficits everywhere, factories closed, welfare, drugs and no hope in site. I blame them and the bought off RINOs who made it happen. You should be be ashamed defending the status quo.
63 posted on 09/14/2017 6:20:37 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Moorings
Our libtard republican do-nothing, democrat promoting congress is waaay better than a democrat congress.

Exactly. I mean why would Trump deal with the Democrats and get half of what he wants in exchange for what the democrats want, when he could deal with the Republicans who won't do much of anything at all.

64 posted on 09/14/2017 6:34:06 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: central_va

Thanks for the important addition. The wall indeed.


65 posted on 09/14/2017 6:45:57 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: cotton1706

I left years ago. They’re a little SLOW.


66 posted on 09/14/2017 8:16:17 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: cotton1706

[And members who haven’t seen real competition for years face tough races due to Trump’s deep unpopularity.]

Oh what BS.


67 posted on 09/14/2017 8:48:55 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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To: cotton1706

I give you a party controlled by corporate lobbyists.

These tone-deaf RINO idiots couldn’t fight their way out of a sh**house.


68 posted on 09/14/2017 8:51:40 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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To: cotton1706

Trump is really rattling a lot of them - they were hoping for eternal status quo and final erosion of the Middle Class so there would only be the elites and the proles slaving for them.


69 posted on 09/15/2017 2:37:08 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: libertylover

“undocumented Democrats”

New name for RINOs. I like it!


70 posted on 09/15/2017 2:39:47 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: MayflowerMadam

Somebody else came up with “undocumented Democrats”, but I like it too.


71 posted on 09/15/2017 3:55:43 AM PDT by libertylover (Inhabitants of Earth with any freedom probably have the USA to thank.)
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To: gunnyg

Nope, sorry, the Constitution was never replaced and the only valid change to the Constitution is via a valid constitutional amendment. You’re spouting Lying Leftist doctirne.

The Constitution AS WRITTEN and originally understood and intended is the Supreme law of the Land (art. VI, cl. 2).


72 posted on 09/15/2017 8:01:05 AM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Bryanw92

Anyone who confuses the voluntary cooperation between buyers and sellers in the free market economy with Leftist doctrine of global totalitarian government is very confused.


73 posted on 09/15/2017 8:04:11 AM PDT by Jim W N
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To: cotton1706

fake news


74 posted on 09/15/2017 8:05:13 AM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: Jim 0216

Everyone has an opinion.
For thinkers...not for the herd/football mentality.

;)
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Gunny G ~ AMERICAN! (NOT AINO!
******
Keep Smiling


75 posted on 09/15/2017 8:10:49 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: Jim 0216

They do it all the time.

The 30’s style isolationist can not discern the difference between global trade and the false notion of global government.

While global government is fashionable among European leftists and their formerly American counterparts, there is certainly no desire for a global government among the people that matter east of Suez.

East oF Suez is the future. Europe is dying and will not recover.


76 posted on 09/15/2017 8:11:18 AM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: Jim 0216

Take off your rose-colored glasses. The world isn’t a nice, neat ceteris paribus economic theory. Your statement says that crony capitalism does not exist as a major driver in our Globalist economy. That’s naive at best.


77 posted on 09/15/2017 8:40:29 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: gunnyg

The Right is very good at slamming what they’re against. But often, people on the Right seem to have trouble clarifying for themselves what they are for.

The Left is very clear about their goals: global totalitarian government. What are the goals of the Right?

Whatever else our goals are, they must include nothing less than restoration of our Free Constitutional Republic. Whatever it takes.


78 posted on 09/15/2017 10:25:22 AM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Jim 0216

“.....But often, people on the Right seem to have trouble clarifying for themselves what they are for...........”
********************
Ya got THAT part right!

;)
Keep Smilin’
El Dick-O/Gunny G!
*****


79 posted on 09/15/2017 10:29:38 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: Bryanw92

WTF is “crony capitalism”? A phony Leftist phrase the Left wants the Right to use to deflect from the REAL problem: the $4 trillion mostly unconstitutional federal government which is corrupt to the core.

Hint #1: the Constitution is the Supreme law of the Land.

Hint#2: the Constitution forbids GOVERNMENT from taking bribes. The Constitution does NOT forbid free enterprise from offering bribes.


80 posted on 09/15/2017 10:31:26 AM PDT by Jim W N
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