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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP House incumbents are leaving at a record pace
Here's an important stat:
"Fact: when President Trump took office in January 2017, there were 241 Republicans in the House," tweeted Dave Wasserman, US House editor of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. "Since then, 115 (48%) have either retired, resigned, been defeated or are retiring in 2020."
Sure, retirements and resignations are expected every cycle, but Wasserman rightly notes this attrition rate is higher than the 42% of losses/retirements after Obama's first term.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-house-incumbents-are-leaving-at-a-record-pace/ar-BB16e2EY?ocid=msedgdhp
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(2,947 posts)Claustrum
(4,846 posts)Some of the number is from the backlash to Trump. However, there is also some moderate republicans that are retiring because the Trump republican party has gone more right wing.
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