Posted on 09/04/2019 6:42:05 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) on Wednesday announced he will not seek reelection to a sixth term in Congress, adding to the rush of Texas Republican lawmakers heading for the exit.
Flores, the first Republican to represent the Waco area since Reconstruction, won his seat in the Tea Party wave of 2010. He beat then-Rep. Chet Edwards (D) by a wider margin than any other challenger who ousted a sitting Democrat that year.
He said in a statement he intended to honor a term-limit pledge he made when he first ran for office.
“After much prayer over the past few days and following conversations with my wife, Gina, during that time, I have decided that my current term will be my last,” Flores said.
In Congress, Flores aligned himself with party leadership. He chaired the conservative Republican Study Committee, beating then-Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) on a second ballot. Mulvaney then helped found the House Freedom Caucus, an even farther-right group of lawmakers who made life difficult for Republican leaders.
Flores is the fifth Texas Republican to say he will not seek reelection next year, an unusual flood of exits that reflect the unpleasant realities of life in the minority in the House.
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As long as we replace him with a good Trump supporter, it’s a win
He made a term limit pledge, and he stuck with it. And for some reason you have a problem with that?
William Hose Flores
February 25, 1954 (age 65)
Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S.
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8 years and just moving on down the line to something else.
Here we go again... POS Rino never-Trumpers doing their damnedest to ensure that POTUS loses the House (and Senate, if they get their way) in 2020.
Hopefully, we can get some good conservatives to run for these seats.
What the heck is going on??
Yes. Honoring a term-limit pledge is wonderful, except if/when control of the House of Reps and/or the Senate is at stake. And it’s more important to keep the Marxists out than to keep an arbitrary pledge.
Some would prefer that POS RINO Never-Trumpers leave.
Sooner rather than later.
I suppose it would depend upon who is likely to replace them. I’d rather suffer a dip$hit RINO than another AOC.
Wonder if George W made a phone call before he made the decision to retire.
He was re-elected 57%-41% in 2018 and President Trump carried his district 56%-39% so it isn’t district that Dems are going to win.
This is an R+12 seat, it isn’t in danger.
Great. Just so I’m clear. Its okay if politicians lie to us and break their word. As long as its for the right reasons. (i.e. it benefits you).
Another straw in an ominous wind. Lots of retirements from one party almost always presage an election loss the next time around, in Congress at least. The American people want to go back to some sort of normalcy but when they get a guy as President who makes serious moves in that direction they get scared and turn on him.
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As long as we replace him with a good Trump supporter, it’s a win
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*Sigh* How ‘bout we replace him w/ someone who knows, enforces & adheres to the CONSTITUTION, not one man.
‘Cuz I’d rather him go after the Pres. when he does something WRONG, like bump stocks or red-flag laws or....not a party lemming.
[[[This is an R+12 seat, it isn’t in danger.]]]
Unless the Dems run a fuex moderate like they did in 2018 in many districts.
They ran one in this district in 2018. The Rat lost 57%-41%. This isn’t a marginal district.
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