Posted on 08/26/2019 9:29:39 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) announced on Monday that he is resigning from Congress after being elected to his fifth term in 2018.
"After eight and a half years, the time has come for me to focus more on the reason we fight these battles — family," Duffy said in a Facebook post.
Duffy — who was first elected to represent Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District during the Tea Party wave in 2010 — said he will leave his seat on Sept. 23 after finding out his ninth child has a heart condition.
“Recently, we’ve learned that our baby, due in late October, will need even more love, time, and attention due to complications, including a heart condition. With much prayer, I have decided that this is the right time for me to take a break from public service in order to be the support my wife, baby and family need right now. It is not an easy decision — because I truly love being your Congressman — but it is the right decision for my family, which is my first love and responsibility,” he said in his post.
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We agree.
On my street, growing up the average number of kid was 7. My parents had 3, my friend was one of 5, another was 1 of 1. My other friend had 12 siblings and another had 11 siblings...
How is the state house and Senate in Wisconsin? Did the Commiecrats win everything?
He can join the Trump admin in 2020.
Legislature is still Republican.
Nine children is just Wow.
I guess when the State taxpayers support your Liberty Score of F, having 9 kids is no surprise.
Too bad the foreigner H1B visas, amnesty for illegals, and not supporting prosperous Tariffs, too bad these RINOs do not afford the same courtesy to families struggling against their Globalist policies.
Conservatives quit having 9 kids in order to support Globalism.
Wisconsin radical left Governor Evers will appoint a radical leftist to his seat and serve until 2020 election when, hopefully, a Republican will again take the seat.
It’s a House seat, not a Senate seat. Vacancy will be filled by a special election.
What’s interesting is Ben Sasse who is not a conservative and has turned out to be a disaster gets an A on the Liberty Score. He supported the Iran deal and gets an A?
Cute as a button!
I so agree. Jedediah is so over the top and when I watch her, I think of Cheri Oteri in SNL: https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/morning-latte-murray/2870465
He is joining what seems to be a parade of Republicans calling it quits. When one party has a lot of resignations it almost always presages an electoral trouncing in the next election.
Indeed; more worrying for 2020. We need to work and vote like our lives depend on it, because they do.
Good for him, putting his family first, but I’m a little concerned about what the GOP in Paul Ryan’s state will come up with as a replacement.
I hate to see this guy go...if there are any truly good guys in Congress, he was one of them.
The reason he is leaving, however, is exactly why he is one of the good guys - he has his priorities straight.
This is the seat held for eons by David Obey (D) - but he was targeted for defeat by the GOP and he chose to retire, leaving it open - Sean Duffy won it then in the 2010 election and has solidly held on to it in every election since that time. This seat is now rated as leaning GOP, but an open seat can be fair game.
“How is his being unemployed going to help his child?”
I expect it’ll be rough for a while until the baby’s issues are resolved. He said he’ll go on COBRA for 18 months. Like others have said, he’ll probably get picked up by Fox or as a commentator where he can work from home.
We have elections this year that can change that narrative...but we are asleep at the switch with virtually no discussions about them in the talk radio circuit, etc. I can still remember the names of the candidates from the GA-6 House election in 2017 - Karen Handle and David Ossoff. The whole of conservative media was talking about that race weeks in advance all the way to the election day. Not a peep out about the upcoming special elections and the important state elections like in Kentucky and Louisiana which could set the narrative on more choosing to retire - or not - as well as candidate recruitment.
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