Posted on 03/23/2021 3:06:18 AM PDT by cotton1706
For two consecutive elections, more Republicans than Democrats decided against running for reelection, and so far, 2022 is shaping up similarly. Five Republican senators and one congressman have already announced they won’t seek office again next year, compared with just one Democratic congresswoman, and their retirements could signal a change within the GOP.
“You typically see higher retirements when there is some sort of party shift,” said Joshua Huder, a senior fellow at Georgetown’s Government Affairs Institute.
Major party shifts in Congress can also be the result of a wave election that brings in new blood, or a large, older class of lawmakers moving out. Lately for Republicans, though, it’s been retirements, with 60 from the House and Senate between 2018 and 2020.
“The establishment wing is clearly moving out,” Huder said. “You’re starting to see a lot more Trump-friendly Republicans take over the Republican conference as he’s remade the Republican Party to a significant degree.”
In a state like Tennessee, their all-Republican Senate delegation was remade within two years after former Sens. Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander, both relative moderates known for bipartisanship, announced their retirements within 15 months of each other. Today, the state is represented by two pro-Trump Republicans, Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty.
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Leftwing RINOs departing...and that’s a good thing.
Rats bailing a sinking ship.....
It’s kind of funny that the guy who “lost” the election seems to be remaking the entire party.
When the elections are rigged why run.
It just may BE the best is yet to come.
Especially if the dims refuse to leave and continue to attempt to kill the USA.
Dems are not leaving because they adhere to dem principles. RINOs are leaving because they never did adhere to Republican principles.
Shoulda happened long ago.
Direct link to article: https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2021/3/22/22323863/more-republicans-than-democrats-are-quitting-congress-shaping-the-gop-senate-trump-blunt-hawley
Exactly. They’ve wrecked the controls. The passengers they coaxed aboard are strapped in. Time to bail out.
LOL
I’d be a lot easier if we won just 1 of the Ga. senate seats.
“You typically see higher retirements when there is some sort of party shift,” said Joshua Huder, a senior fellow at Georgetown’s Government Affairs Institute... “The establishment wing is clearly moving out,” Huder said. “You’re starting to see a lot more Trump-friendly Republicans take over the Republican conference as he’s remade the Republican Party to a significant degree.”
When the Demagogic Party takes over in its own right, the bribe money stops, so the RINOs and other corrupticrats retire.
I think holding the majority in the senate or house chamber is over-rated.
I’d rather be the minority with no RINOs than hold a majority with RINOs.
And in the long run, a RINO-free Republican Party would have a better chance of winning back enough conservative voters to reclaim the majority - but this time, a true majority.
I think we need to accept being in the minority for a while, and just focus on getting rid of RINOs - a better strategy in the long run.
This “hold your nose and vote RINO so we can win a majority” has proven to be a real stinker of an idea.
Good news!
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