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BREAKING: Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL-3) to retire (Original Post) brooklynite Dec 2019 OP
Praise the Lord and pass the ballots redstateblues Dec 2019 #1
I recall the Rep name -not any specifics of his comments-- but they were not good riversedge Dec 2019 #6
He has been bad. Surprisingly he has moderated since the last election. Blue_true Dec 2019 #18
I wonder how many GOPers are dirty w/Russian money ... Botany Dec 2019 #2
this is what makes me suspicious ... Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #10
I think some of the reason they area so willing to lie with Russian talking points and or scream ... Botany Dec 2019 #12
the Gangsters Of Putin need to be rooted out, exposed and expelled ... Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #13
We know that Russian money was behind "The Apprentice" and Sean Hannity and Fox News ... Botany Dec 2019 #15
I think that they are likely seeing themselves as a permanent Blue_true Dec 2019 #19
Please please please let Bill Posey be next! Pacifist Patriot Dec 2019 #3
I'm sure residents of liberal Gainesville who were gerrymandered into Yoho's red district are... Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2019 #4
Yep. Scurrilous Dec 2019 #8
His district doesn't take up much of Gainesville. Blue_true Dec 2019 #20
Good, this Douche needs to go JCMach1 Dec 2019 #5
He has actually moderated. His district became more urban as Blue_true Dec 2019 #21
Originally from the area and this POS is completely worthless JCMach1 Dec 2019 #24
Can't say that I disagree. I have never seen one public service that he got behind. nt Blue_true Dec 2019 #25
Another congressional Florida Man bites the dust! The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #7
I think that's 21 Republicans now gratuitous Dec 2019 #9
One Florida Man down, but SHITLER is now an official Florida Man, so... UTUSN Dec 2019 #11
Wow, that's big mcar Dec 2019 #14
I am in his district. It covers a lot more of Marion County Blue_true Dec 2019 #17
I'm in the district just south of you mcar Dec 2019 #22
That tool was my congressman before I got cut into Yoho's district. Blue_true Dec 2019 #23
He is my Rep. Blue_true Dec 2019 #16

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
18. He has been bad. Surprisingly he has moderated since the last election.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 09:07 PM
Dec 2019

I am in his district, it is changing fast. The Hispanic population is larger than the Black population, the two groups make up about 27% of the population. There is a pretty big Asian population and a smaller American Indian population. Whites still are the dominant group here by far and many of them come from longtime republican families. But the area has elected moderate democrats, there was a longtime Rep from here named William Chappel, my parents loved him. We also had a long time State Senator and Lieutenant Governor for Governor Lawton Chiles named Buddy MacKay who was a homeboy and well liked by everyone. The legendary democratic Governor Earl Faircloth has the large judicial complex here named after him. The republicans here romanced the teabaggers, but their history is more moderate, while the area around it was a KKK hotbed, Ocala and Marion County largely resisted that trend, thereby having the largest Black population in the area.

Botany

(70,291 posts)
2. I wonder how many GOPers are dirty w/Russian money ...
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 10:59 AM
Dec 2019

... and how many are getting out because the truth is gonna come out?

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,039 posts)
10. this is what makes me suspicious ...
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:49 PM
Dec 2019

There should be an investigation that follows the Russian money into campaigns, going back however many years the evidence indicates.

Have GOPers been retiring because they count on the reluctance to investigate former office holders due to the appearance of political vengeance?

Botany

(70,291 posts)
12. I think some of the reason they area so willing to lie with Russian talking points and or scream ...
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 03:17 PM
Dec 2019

... in order to stop the impeachment proceedings is because so many are dirty with Russian or
other county's money and or their little secret of having dirty voting machines/elections is going
to be exposed. And I think Vlad, GOP company workers, & Brad Parscale (I'm looking @ you) used
the electronic back doors to those machines in order to flip or null out votes.

8 of those mother fuckers spent July 4, 2018 in Moscow.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,039 posts)
13. the Gangsters Of Putin need to be rooted out, exposed and expelled ...
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 04:16 PM
Dec 2019

2020 needs to be a big, blue tsunami so we can (a) halt the destruction, (b) fix some damage, and (c) find out who has received foreign aid while they carry out the destruction we've witnessed. (Some of it has been extremist ideology, but we know there has been Russian money behind some PACs and individuals).

Botany

(70,291 posts)
15. We know that Russian money was behind "The Apprentice" and Sean Hannity and Fox News ...
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 05:37 PM
Dec 2019

.... has some "red tides."

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
19. I think that they are likely seeing themselves as a permanent
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 09:17 PM
Dec 2019

minority party. My county, in Yoho's district is a case in point. The county is around 359,000 people. The largest city, Ocala is around 69,000. But Ocala is growing faster than the unincorporated parts of the county, is is the next largest city in the county, Belleview. As the urban areas have grown the county has become more moderate politically. Yoho likely saw that trend coming at him, like republicans across the country are seeing, their reliable areas hollowing out and the urban populations that are replacing those people tend to be more moderate politically.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,085 posts)
4. I'm sure residents of liberal Gainesville who were gerrymandered into Yoho's red district are...
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 11:05 AM
Dec 2019

...shouting "Yahoo!"

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
20. His district doesn't take up much of Gainesville.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 09:26 PM
Dec 2019

Maybe the northern part, which tends to be less populated and redder. The big vote count that he gets is from Marion County. I got carved into his district as Daniel Webster, who was my rep got a more favorable and more rural district. Yoho got more urban areas, including Ocala. He may not have won his last election by a wide margin. The medical industry is massive in Ocala, issues like the safety of the ACA and Medicare plays large here, our nominee needs to run hard on that. Joe Biden heading the ticket would play largely positively here and cause problems for the repugh, if we field a good nominee.

We have an impressive young woman named Cynthia Dela Rosa who is running for the State Legislature. Now that Yoho is out, I hope that she sets her sights higher and run for his seat.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
21. He has actually moderated. His district became more urban as
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 09:29 PM
Dec 2019

Webster was given a more favorable rural district. Maybe Yoho looked at the 2020 districting map and didn't like his chances. The urban areas are growing fast in this region and are soaking up rural areas.

JCMach1

(27,544 posts)
24. Originally from the area and this POS is completely worthless
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 04:31 PM
Dec 2019

positions, ideology and helping constituents...

It's personal

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
9. I think that's 21 Republicans now
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 12:20 PM
Dec 2019

Daily Kos has been keeping track of Republicans deciding that they want to spend more time with their families. Numerically, it's fewer than the number of Republicans at this juncture who announced their retirement, but with fewer Republicans in office*, percentage-wise, more Republicans are getting out of government this election cycle.

*I've heard that fewer Republican office-holders might mean something, but nobody seems to know what. The will of the people as expressed at the ballot box? A change in the way people want to see the government work? Mercury in retrograde? Nobody knows!

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
17. I am in his district. It covers a lot more of Marion County
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 08:54 PM
Dec 2019

Marion County has around 100,000 more people than Alachua County (Gainesville), I think that his district shaved off the redder parts of Alachua County, thereby increasing the power of the redder Marion County. I think that I have an idea of the people that will be running on the republican side, all are elected officeholders. To win his seat, we have to somehow split the vote in the Marion County part of the district more, a tall order since people here have only recently stopped driving around with confederate flags and decals on their vehicles. We seem to be getting a greater number of moderate people that work in the medical care industry here, but we still have a long way to go. Maybe healthcare will be a major issue in the election, if we stay with improving the ACA and don't go way left, maybe our candidate can take out the almost sure teabagger opponent that he or she will have.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
23. That tool was my congressman before I got cut into Yoho's district.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 11:58 PM
Dec 2019

Yoho seems to have moderated some since the last election, maybe it was because he got put into a more urban district, I don't know, but I did notice the change.

He was a large animal Vet before running for Congress, maybe he is going back to that, or he sees more money being part of a rightwing think tank or lobbying in Washington, none of that would surprise me, though more moderate now, he is still a scumbag.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
16. He is my Rep.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 08:44 PM
Dec 2019

Unfortunately there is an elected teabagger who will try to win his seat. The district is trending toward purple, but for the next few cycles, it likely stays red (I hope not, but we Dems need to convince enough Indies to back out nominee to get us past a large block of old rightwing republicans that outnumber us).

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