Mike Gallagher Screwed GOP Leadership On the Way Out

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/25/mike-gallagher-screwed-gop-leadership-on-the-way-out/

Mike Gallagher Screwed GOP Leadership On the Way Out
March 25, 2024 at 10:35 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Rep. Mike Gallagher’s (R-WI) resignation will take place one day after the deadline to call a special election to fill his seat, the AP reports.

His successor instead will be chosen in the general election. That means House Republicans will be hamstrung by his departure all the way through the end of this Congress.

[Ocelot II]

1. Gallagher must have a reason for this big ol' Fuck You.

[mahina]

19. No doubt he was bullied and threatened, maybe for years.

He had it.

[peppertree]

22. The Cawthorn treatment

[Freethinker65]

2. He could have just switched to independent and finished his term.

[colorado_ufo]

10. I think that he didn't want the constant pressure!

[2naSalit]

14. Probably too dangerous.

[niyad]

17. He was getting threats because of his vote not to impeach Mayorkas.

That would not stop just because he switched parties. The threats might even escalate.

[OnDoutside]

29. A departing alligator is still alligator

[calimary]

41. That's a really good point.

Well worth remembering as a handful of Republicans back away from their party. Have ANY of them gone over to join us Dems? Or are they hiding behind the "Independent" label (from which they could just as easily vote for another GOP'er as they might, for a Democrat).

That doesn't work for me. There's a slang saying I love: "is you IS or is you AIN'T?" Pretty much sums it up. Either you're WITH the Democrats and you're not waffling around, or you're playing coy, and, seems to me, being downright deceptive.

[OnDoutside]

50. Yes, and it should be blatantly obvious that there is

only one good side in all this, and still they play coy.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Oh that's cruel!

Turning the knife into Mike Johnson's heart and his very slim majority.

Perhaps the Crystal Ball shows more resignations that will have to wait for the General Election, thus giving Democrats the majority and Hakeem Jeffries the Speakership. Wouldn't that be just dandy?

[2naSalit]

15. I have some speculations about that...

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I think that it's more than screwing Johnson. They are rebelling against the magat takeover and the best way to have impact is to do what he and Buck have chosen. Give Buck five points for deciding to be the first to openly flip them off leading the way for others to do the same. The threats are about which votes they do or don't make, not about resigning.

It's a public protest, the powerless or less powerful in the cult have only one option when they disagree, resign.

It will be interesting to see what damage they ultimately bring upon themselves. I just hope it's swift and decisive. We have no time to waste in getting our country moving forward instead of languishing in this mire of swamp scum and industrial-strength political filth they have drug us into

[niyad]

18. Thank you for expressing this so well.

[CrispyQ]

32. Ken Buck would not have been the last house repub I would have thought would do this, but he would have been close. -nt

[COL Mustard]

39. You're too kind

I hope they have a long, drawn out demise, politically speaking.

[2naSalit]

40. Agree...

I want their pain to last a real long time at intolerable levels.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. Gotta say

This makes me smile.

[malaise]

27. Join the line😀

Perfect

[BComplex]

5. Well, that's the next best thing to switching parties.

Good on him! But the MAGAts won't get the message, they'll just get mad.

[flashman13]

6. As Ken Buck went through the door he hinted there were three more to follow.

Gallagher’s departure is one. That leaves two more. If two more leave, Jeffries will become speaker. We could see some lightning fast legislation.

I know that is all wishful thinking, but given the current chaos, it isn't impossible.

[ShazzieB]

31. I agree!

Given the current chaos, this is not at all unlikely, imo.

Can't wait to find out who the other two are!

[Comfortably_Numb]

7. There's quitting, and then there's quitting via a company-wide email that is just a photocopy pic of a middle finger.

Frame that finger photo repugnant magats.

[underpants]

28. Yes! I knew of a guy who did something almost worse than that

He worked for a pharmaceutical insurance plan. We used to talk and email about client billing issues.

I hadn’t heard from him so I called. His phone was forwarded to his supervisor. His boss said he basically did an “Office Space” thing - he knew he was leaving. He didn’t log in to their system for a month, he loudly proclaimed when he was going on a break (cube world) which he did A LOT, and then he started calling meetings…he’d wait for 5 minutes for everyone to get there and then he’d come in the room and tell everyone EXACTLY what he thought of them. Clothes, weight, perfume, makeup, job competency etc. right around the room.

He kept calling these meetings (sometimes with repeat attendees) and they kept coming and he kept dressing them down.

[oldsoftie]

38. I knew a guy who won a decent sized lottery & "retired" the whole states technicians.

He asked each one how much would it take for them to quit? His only condition was that they not return to that company. The boss said "I cant believe you're screwing the customers like this" And he said "This company has been screwing US for years> Maybe now you'll think about making changes".

[Captain Zero]

44. I knew a guy whose written resignation was on a yellow sticky note

They had to put it in his personnel file.

haha.

[underpants]

45. 😆😆😆

[CousinIT]

8. Kick 'em in the ass on the way out.

I like it.

[PortTack]

9. Never thought I'd be saying thank you to a republican

[AllyCat]

11. I'm disappointed for everyone in District 8 not

Having representation in Congress for the next 9 months. Then again, they voted for him. Hoping their next rep is the fabulous Kristin Lyerly!

[SergeStorms]

13. What representation....

have they been getting from House republicans anyway? They've done absolutely nothing.

I think that's the reason for Gallagher's big 🖕 on his way out, too.

[Cha]

34. Exactly my thought.

[DFW]

12. Gallagher treated them with the same respect and decorum with which they treat everyone else.

What did they expect?

[niyad]

16. sighhh. Deadline is April 9. Mike is leaving on the 19th. Not exactly

"the next day".

[Hotler]

23. Since you mentioned April 9. Day of remembrance coming up.

In Appomattox, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. Forced to abandon the Confederate capital of Richmond, blocked from joining the surviving Confederate force in North Carolina, and harassed constantly by Union cavalry, Lee had no other option.

This would make a good yard sign.
4/9/1865, Never forget.

[Bluethroughu]

47. Awesome! I hope the significance is intentional!

The Union will win against any fascist takeover, and you'd think they'd realize this time and again.

It won't end well for them, it never has.

[Warpy]

20. Yay, Mike Gallagher

I suppose this means he'll get his Irish card back.

I wonder if others will resign when their deadlines pass.

[sybylla]

21. That Lame Duck session they always look forward to is DOA now.

I'm loving it. Gallagher stood up and said all the right things on J6, and stuck to it, but he wasn't much better than most of the MAGAts. The 8th CD won't be out much.

[niyad]

24. He did not vote to impeach Sec. Mayorkas, and was receiving threats.

[sybylla]

30. Sure. Like I said.

He did a good job standing up when he should.

He's still voting 98% of the time for the horrible crap the GOP put out.

[BoomaofBandM]

25. Not a fan of his.

I live in his district, and he voted republican and with Trump way too much. But glad he did the right thing.

[live love laugh]

26. They weren't doing shit and weren't planning to do shit so it doesn't matter.

[Cha]

33. Thanks Gallagher!

[Kennah]

35. Gallagher's mad as hell

[samsingh]

36. that was on purpose

the only thing holding maga together is hate and the destruction of america. the question for each member is how much hate and how much destruction.

[W_HAMILTON]

37. Even Republicans hate Republicans.

[GoodRaisin]

42. That's excellent news.

[Attilatheblond]

43. This is only a test to see if replying here works

no other replies I make have worked this evening. If this post, pardon my interrupting and carry on

[efhmc]

48. Working.

[Bluethroughu]

46. Thank you!

[90-percent]

49. Wow!

Look children. A rare honorable patriotic Republican, officially on the endangered species list. Mike, you will go down in history as a factor for iNSURING THE SURVIVAL OF OUR Democratic Republic or whatever its supposed to be called?

A 21st century PROFILE IN COURAGE!

-90% Jimmy

[LetMyPeopleVote]

51. Mike Gallagher carefully timed his departure so that his seat could not be replaced this cycle

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