Posted on 04/21/2024 9:56:47 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The departure of Rep. Mike Gallagher shaves off yet another Republican from the already razor-thin GOP House majority, further weakening the GOP's already loose grip on power.
With Gallagher's resignation, House Republicans can only afford to lose a single Republican vote to get legislation passed along party lines.
If they lose more than a single GOP vote, Republicans will need Democrat support to pass any legislation.
As it stands, there are 217 Republicans and 213 Democrats and five vacancies in the House.
This means if two Republicans vote with Democrats the vote would be 215 - 215, and a tie results in a loss for any measure.
Further complicating the matter is the Thursday announcement from Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kan., that he will not seek re-election this fall.
'It is time to pursue other opportunities and have the benefit of spending more time with my family,' LaTurner wrote in his announcement.
He said the 'dysfunction' of the current House of Representatives is 'distressing,' an apparent nod at the chaos that may have prompted so many members to seek employment outside of Capitol Hill this cycle.
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Politics is not for the honest. Maybe initially, the Mr smith goes to washington kind of thing, and it is nice to get one evey now and then, but the constant temptation is likely very strong, and ultimately, most with normal character do have a price. Only the amount varies.
The price may be a few million, or a bevy of irrisitable babes (or males for those types), or perhaps NOT killing your first born, and pets, and burning down your house.
Realize, those several billion that go missing regularly, and the several hundreds of billions that get washed domestically and via foreign aid do end up somewhere, ind it is not into the pockets of honest people.
Lot of money and power at stake, so "drinking the potomac water" is likely easier then self immolation.
I've been saying this over and over that they're following the 2018 playbook. The GOPe hates Reaganites, Tea Partiers, and MAGA and have and will do everything they can to thwart them. The RATS don't need to blackmail the GOPe scum. They willingly get us in the back, front, or wherever else they can shiv us.
The ability of either party to impose any level of “party discipline” went away with the ban on legislative earmarks.
Mike Gallagher has further disgraced himself with his cheap stunt, just another demonstration of the fact that “professional politicians”, in general, are a truly despicable, unprincipled bunch of SOBs ... and this fact is nothing new throughout American history.
“I don’t understand what’s going on with these resignations...”
The threat of finding child porn on their computers might have done it. Even if they have to place it there.
All this handwringing when I applaud him standing on his principles. The writing is on the wall: democrats have irrevocably destroyed this country and if the Republican Party won’t stand up as one and politically water the tree of liberty then why stay? Why participate? The citizenry who could’ve stood up for Constitutionalism are cucked and the Republican Party has been a party of cucks since the 1890’s. Better to ditch now and live to fight another day than be a dimwit eunuch Republican in congress.
Would it really make a difference? The GOP vote right along with the Democrats.
as far as I’m concerned, the house could adjourn until January and taxpayers would finally get a break.
Good. Let the GOP fall to the wayside. Let it all go to complete shite. That is the ONLY way we will ever have a chance to right the ship. Voting (R) is just electing assistant Democrats.
A good 2/3’s of Republicans are essentially traitors. We need a new party.
A good 2/3’s of Republicans are essentially traitors. We need a new party.
The Demonrats are evil, anti American communists and wrong about everything, but they show a solid front and fight.
Just where are some people with integrity and a sense of duty? Are there no patriots...only pencil-necked. compromised squishes?
Speaker Jeffries = Presidenbt Trump never certified = “Civil War”
There’s two standards - one for us - and one for them...
He said the ‘dysfunction’ of the current House of Representatives is ‘distressing
so let me leave and make it easier for the rats
Imagine how much that job sucks if all of these folks are simply walking away.
Could be.
Or the Peter Strok planting of evidence and then having Dem contractors sign off on the veracity of the hard drive files.
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