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Published 1 min ago on August 29, 2019
By Tom Boggioni
During a Reality Check segment on CNNs New Day, contributor John Avlon highlighted the exodus of GOP House members who have chosen to step down and not run for re-election under Donald Trump, calling the sheer number of them stunning.
Speaking with hosts John Berman and Alisyn Camerota, Avlon hearkened back to the departure of former House Majority Leader Paul Ryan (R-WI) that was a harbinger of more departures to come.
If you look around Congress lately, a surprisingly large number of Republicans who were there before Donald Trump became president are no longer serving. So what is causing that? host Berman said by way of introducing Avlon.
According to Avlon, We talk a lot about Republicans who, come hell or high water, have latched onto Donald Trump and will hold on no matter what he says or does. But there is a counter-trend: an exodus away from the party of Trump.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/gop-lawmakers-are-quitting-at-a-stunning-pace-rather-than-serve-under-trump-here-are-the-numbers/
Two things came to mind when reading this article:
One: most of these people are going to go and do the Ryan thingy..................become a lobbyist after screwing people for years with there libertarian BS......................
Two: when the article says that the sexual predator and traitor has a 88% approval with the base, this tells me that if there are 100 people being asked and his "base" is 34% ie; out of 100, then 88% approval out of of the 34% doesn't mean shit-------------------he is a loser.............................
Coventina
(27,223 posts)I hate them all beyond words to express it.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,855 posts)Will be a challenge, but doable.
MagickMuffin
(15,976 posts)Anybody .
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Because they realize they are on the titanic. Rather than stand up to him and putin, they're jumping ship now in huge numbers.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)and the ones who launched their own life Raft are going totally Nazi in order to survive with Trump.