Posted on 01/19/2024 5:46:59 AM PST by cotton1706
The House Republican Conference is poised to have a much different ideological look after the 2024 elections, and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) can arguably take credit for most of it.
In October, Gaetz made congressional history when he successfully ousted then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the top position in the House of Representatives. What followed was a three-week slog that saw the House Republican Conference cycle through three different speaker nominees before eventually electing Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) to the post.
The chaos wrought by McCarthy’s ouster forced House Republicans to come to terms with the fact that their conference is a mishmash of representatives with a broad range of ideologies, especially on how Washington, D.C., should function.
But the lasting impact of Gaetz’s motion to vacate may be more than installing Johnson as speaker.
To date, 17 Republican members have announced their intentions to retire from Congress. Of those 17, five are seeking higher office and 12 are completely retiring from politics. Those retiring members include Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX), who was first elected in 1996, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), who was first elected in 2004, and Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), who was elected for the first time in 2008.
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Yes
Another +1 for Gaetz in my book.
Translation: Up to and including installing Hakeem Jeffries as the next House Speaker.
No love here for Assistant Democrats.
Now we are seeing a smaller number of Republicans leaving the House before the 2024 elections.
How many of these long term Republicans were "given a nudge" to retire? The Republican party doesn't seem to be mounting effectual campaigns to replace them...
By "given a nudge" I mean were shown compromising material, which would be released if they did not retire.
The intelligence agencies have been weaponized since about 2011-12, particularly against Republicans.
The right people are retiring, but the article should have mentioned how many retire in a typical cycle.
IMHO 2018 was automatically bad for Republicans because it was a mid-term with a Republican president. 2024 is an election in which the Dim president is hated, which should be good for Republican House elections.
Of course, that doesn't account for vote fraud.
Please explain how Jefferies will become speaker.
With “establishment Republicans” who needs Democrats?
We need at least 100 more to go.
LOL. That ridiculous prediction already failed to happen. You can stop repeating it and embarrassing yourself already.
I don’t think that either Biden or Trump has “coattails” and that the elections for Representative or Senator will be fought out locally very much independently of the Presidential election.
Most Representative and Senator candidates in swing districts don’t want to be associated with their Presidential candidate.
Senators in particular, develop their own platforms and constituent support.
music to my ears. RINOs are stepping down. We need to hunt down and destroy those who don’t leave willingly.
LOL. Your bravado substantially exceeds your reading comprehension.
Pretty much proves they were rino rats to begin with.
“Another +1 for Gaetz in my book.”
Get rid of Speaker Johnson and make it +2.
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Great news!
GOOD!
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