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The 'governing wing' of the GOP is running for the hills
cnn ^ | October 19, 2017 | Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large

Posted on 10/19/2017 1:22:19 PM PDT by mdittmar

The surprise resignation of Ohio Rep. Pat Tiberi on Thursday marks the latest example of GOP members affiliated with the so-called "governing wing" of the Republican Party calling it quits even as their side controls both chambers of Congress and the White House.

Tiberi is the 18th House Republican to announce plans to leave Congress sometime between now and January 2019. More importantly, he joins a rapidly swelling list of House GOPers with influential committee assignments, close ties to the party leadership and pragmatic approaches to governing to walk away. In recent months, Reps. Ileana Ros Lehtinen (Florida), Dave Trott (Michigan), Dave Reichert (Washington) and Charlie Dent (Pennsylvania) have all decided to leave. On the Senate side, Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, another member of the pragmatic establishment within the Republican conference, announced his plans to retire earlier this month.

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To: mdittmar

Hope the uniparty Rinos don’t run into these hills, it could be down right be dangerous for them. Best they stay in the city with their Democrat buddies so they can live long happy lives sucking off of some lobbyists tit.


21 posted on 10/19/2017 3:14:22 PM PDT by Herakles (Diversity is a globalist scam for power!)
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To: sparklite2
He Won't Ever Be Gone - Willie Nelson
22 posted on 10/19/2017 3:25:49 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: goldstategop

Kind of self deporting. They are the smart ones...getting out early.


23 posted on 10/19/2017 3:33:40 PM PDT by 6ppc (It's torch and pitchfork time)
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To: mdittmar

“Tiberi ... joins a rapidly swelling list of House GOPers with influential committee assignments, close ties to the party leadership and pragmatic approaches to governing to walk away. In recent months, Reps. Ileana Ros Lehtinen (Florida), Dave Trott (Michigan), Dave Reichert (Washington) and Charlie Dent (Pennsylvania) have all decided to leave. On the Senate side, Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, another member of the pragmatic establishment within the Republican conference, announced his plans to retire earlier this month.”

#Winning.


24 posted on 10/19/2017 3:54:55 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: freedumb2003

Your rewrite is better than mine.


25 posted on 10/19/2017 5:54:52 PM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: YogicCowboy

I call them Republicans(D)


26 posted on 10/19/2017 6:41:31 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: GOPe Means Bend Over Spell Run

As unprincipled as these guys are one would think they would have become Trump fanatics at the point they figured out they weren’t going to take him down. Then again, their future prosperity probably benefits more from their leaving Congress than in turning into Americanists.


27 posted on 10/19/2017 6:44:16 PM PDT by arthurus
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