'Serving under Trump is embarrassing': Fifth Republican congressman retires in just two weeks as GOP
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Source: The Independent via yahoo news
'Serving under Trump is embarrassing': Fifth Republican congressman retires in just two weeks as GOP fears more exits
The fifth Republican congressman in two weeks is set to step down as the GOP reportedly fears a wave of retirements amid ongoing tension in the party over Donald Trumps presidency.
Representative Mike Conaway will not seek re-election to his Texas seat in 2020, according to Politico, but has not confirmed his decision or his reason for retiring.
However, House Republicans are reportedly worried that the difficulties of serving under Mr Trump and working with a Democratic majority in Congress will lead to more exits.
Serving in the era of Trump has few rewards. He has made an already hostile political environment worse, Tom Davis, a former senior Republican congressman, told The Hill.
Every day there is some indefensible tweet or comment to defend or explain. It is exhausting and often embarrassing.
Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/serving-under-trump-embarrassing-fifth-104531664.html
Ohiogal
(31,657 posts)there will be no shortage of racists and traitors to step up to fill his slot....
pecosbob
(7,502 posts)ananda
(28,781 posts)That's just who the Reeps are these days.
DrToast
(6,414 posts)Which is a scary thought.
Midnight Writer
(21,546 posts)This in turn causes the cult to be more fanatical, which attracts even more fanatical followers. A cycle towards insanity.
lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)that the diehards all kill themselves in a bunker in Berlin or wearing purple robes waiting for the alien spaceship to transport them to their white nationalist nirvana.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,153 posts)I mean great that he expressed himself on Trump, but why not run as a Never-Trump Republican? If he loses, he loses. If he was that much against Trump, he'd put his money where his mouth is. And he'd feel a duty and obligation to spread the message.
Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)Get a backbone.
Grandad, what did you do to fight the rise of the Nazis in the 2020s?
I resigned from Congress and gave up what power I had to fight it.
underpants
(182,271 posts)Step up dont step down.
enough
(13,235 posts)cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)with appointments to the courts so I have zero sympathy for any Repugnant.
riversedge
(69,709 posts)klook
(12,134 posts)Duppers
(28,094 posts)TY!
grumpyduck
(6,197 posts)That is NOT the American way, asshole!
Yes...serving under this deceitful con artist, lying coward is embarrassing; and enabling this disgraceful, treasonous sack of horse shit SHOULD BE just as embarrassing...but repuKKKes NEVER accept responsibility for their cowardice and silence.
Cowards!
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)the bully and his enablers, especially the foreign enablers. Quitting instead of fighting is unpatriotic at best.
I bet he votes for the asshole.
efhmc
(14,709 posts)I used to be in his district before redistricting. Really surprised he is leaving because of Trump. He easily defeated a good Democrat in 2018.
crazytown
(7,277 posts)efhmc
(14,709 posts)and anyone with a D by his/her name is considered a socialist., although a person with a great deal of gravitas and community standing might make a difference. But most people do not see it as worth the effort.
crazytown
(7,277 posts)There was a time when 'conservative' had some meaning. Now Republican means winning with the lowest common denominator.
Ford_Prefect
(7,817 posts)Wow is this guy a piece of work:
In February 2018, Conaway prevented efforts by the Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee to investigate financial links between Trump, his businesses, his family and Russian actors.[14] Conaway prevented subpoenas for related bank records, Trump's tax returns and witnesses.[14] Democrats on the Committee had, for example, asked for subpoenas to Deutsche Bank, which the Trump Organization and Jared Kushner (Trump's son-in-law and senior White House advisor) have borrowed extensively from.[14]
In March 2018, Conaway laid out the findings of a report by the Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee.[15] One of the findings was that the committee had found no evidence of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign in the 2016 election; Democrats on the committee said that they had come to no such conclusion.[15] A few days later, Conaway walked back that finding, saying "Our committee was not charged with answering the collusion idea".[15] Asked why the committee drew a conclusion if it had not investigated the matter, Conaway denied that the committee had drawn a conclusion, "What we said is we found no evidence of it. Thats a different statement. We found no evidence of collusion."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Conaway
efhmc
(14,709 posts)That is why I am wondering why he is really quiting. He was there for life.
Ford_Prefect
(7,817 posts)As If.....
He's a GOP lifer with plans to sit out the catastrophe somewhere near his offshore account.
Lonestarblue
(9,874 posts)A few retirements of Republican senators would be good about now.
Scotch-Irish
(464 posts)Seeing how real Americans (democrats) stand up for this country is making the republicans sick.
Botany
(70,286 posts)Now we need some republicans to stand up and call for Trump's impeachment, that Trump is
a crook, and that he was installed by Russia.
hatrack
(59,439 posts)WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,282 posts)Some call it a "living document", subject to change and interpretation in current society.
Some say it should be interpreted literally. What's in it is in it; what ain't, ain't.
Still others, we call them "Republicans", think it is a doormat, toilet paper, kindling, to be ignored.
The Senate works for Trump. The Supreme Court works for Trump. The House is full of socialists who should go back to from whence they came.
Coequal?
DeminPennswoods
(15,246 posts)Saying the truth would make Rs feel so much better.
IronLionZion
(45,254 posts)GOPers don't have the backbone to stand up to a bully in their own party. They always put party over country and always think of themselves first.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,536 posts)ancianita
(35,812 posts)likely divide up the vote so the Repubs retain their seats. At least that's how it looks.
LA's Repub senator is running unopposed, which doesn't look good for LA Dems or the national party.
Looks like the country is pretty hardened around its senators, almost no Dems are likely to lose. And no Repubs are, except in the "Lean" and "Likely" categories. But multiple Dem opponents, along with the way gerrymandering and vote suppression go in those states, the Repub incumbent is all the more likely to squeak through.
But I don't understand how the party is working for Democratic senatorial candidates, though.
So I wish someone here would help us understand how the party is actually working on these campaigns.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,536 posts)is at the very least humiliating and at the most degrading. How do these people face their children and grandchildren, knowing what kind of country and world this madman and his acolytes are creating for them to live in? And knowing that they had the power to stop him and did nothing, choosing instead to quiver in fear of "the Base"?
#1984WasNotMeantToBeAnInstructionManual
Martin Eden
(12,802 posts)Then STAND UP TO THE FASCIST instead of defending him!!
Eyeball_Kid
(7,410 posts)calimary
(80,693 posts)THIS!
Martin Eden
(12,802 posts)They will still vote R-Fascist.
Gregory Peccary
(490 posts)Conaway did not say why he is planning to retire. He doesn't state that "Trump is embarrassing" is the reason why. That's purely assumption.
PatrickforO
(14,514 posts)this entire nation, brought shame upon us and our people. He is a cheap, tawdry, treasonous, racist, xenophobic, homophobic, justice obstructing, witness tampering rat who is not only guilty of all those things, but is guilty also of crimes against humanity. While I feel bad for the karmic burden he has heaped on himself, I feel worse for the suffering he has caused and is causing millions throughout the world.
dchill
(38,315 posts)Be an AMERICAN!
duforsure
(11,882 posts)They'll start switching sides in the Senate to take Moscow Mitch ,Putin's other puppet, out of control.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Republicans can be embarrassed ??
TX 11th district. South of Ft Worth and extends west out to Midland & Odessa. Cattle ranching and oil. Very red.
onetexan
(12,994 posts)If he really has a conscience he would quit this traitorous party.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)when the Dems are exercising oversight. So he's probably off to cash in as a lobbyist.
llmart
(15,499 posts)They may have plans for their future and just now are realizing that if they are associated with him too much longer, those plans will be dead in the water. They are relying on looking like they cared enough to not align themselves with trump, but some of us have very long memories.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)bluevoter4life
(784 posts)"I will continue to vote to advance Trump's agenda"
Chickenshit
FakeNoose
(32,328 posts)He was Chairman of both the Agriculture and Ethics Committees. Now he's just the ranking member for both. Also he's on the Intelligence Committee, and he's probably seen the horrifying worst of Chump's Russian treason.
I'll bet he's had enough for one career, time to get out while he still can.
Rabrrrrrr
(58,347 posts)"He's terrible, but I don't have enough of a backbone to stand up to him, so I'm leaving you with the cleanup and the mess."
Fuck you. If you can't serve under him, then help us fire the shitstain.
lastlib
(22,978 posts)...or comment to defend or explain. It is exhausting and often embarrassing."
Then STOP DEFENDING THEM, Dipshit!! It's that simple!
muntrv
(14,505 posts)Typical ignoramus.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)...get up with fleas.
Should have spoken up way before this.
sdfernando
(4,896 posts)Dude, you are a member of Congress....a CO-EQUAL Branch of the government. You are not "serving" under anyone except for your constituents who gave you the job. Don't run away, man up, take responsibility and DO SOMETHING productive!!!!
dogknob
(2,431 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,404 posts)Namel, that Republicans in Congress see themselves as subordinate to a Republican president instead of part of a branch that's separate from and equal to the Executive branch.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Qutzupalotl
(14,230 posts)All the more reason to make sure they stay in the minority in the House and lose the Senate and WH.
One hopes the electorate will see how racist the GOP has become and shun them even further.
I remember people predicting the demise of the GOP if Trump got the nomination. We may be watching that play out slowly and painfully.
From a demographic perspective, the Republican Party is on borrowed time, sustaining its grip on power through various methods of cheating and corruption.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)they helped to create this monster, now they are running from him
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)I think it is more about no longer having the majority in the House. If they did, he would happily keep supporting Trump's agenda.
Blue Owl
(49,906 posts)JudyM
(29,122 posts)Hosts are in agreement that the subject line belies what actually happened... "However, he did not explicitly attribute blame to the president." The blaming of tRump is done only in the author's analysis of the larger setting. So not important news of national interest as required for posting a thread in LBN.
Fine to repost in LBN if youd like.