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Republican fears Democratic speaker as Fox News reporter reveals GOPers eyeing exit for “big payday” (www.salon.com)
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More "fed up" Republicans may leave before the election in hopes of cashing in on the private sector, reporter says

More House Republicans may quit before the end of their terms, which could potentially allow Democrats to regain control of the chamber before the elections.

The early departures of Reps. Ken Buck, R-Colo., and Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., dropped the Republican majority’s margin to just one vote. Gallagher’s planned departure on April 19 is immediately after a date that would trigger a special election to fill his seat, meaning it is expected to stay empty until in the election.

But “other Republicans are angling to get out as soon as they can,” Fox News’ Chad Pergram reported. “A big payday in the private sector could lure some members to cash in their voting card early.”

Pergram reported that some House Republicans are “fed up” and “just exasperated.”

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[–] 32 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

“Personally, if you’re going to make a commitment to the people that elect you, that you’re going to serve for two years unless you have a really good reason not to serve, then why would you do that? And aren’t we team Republican?” she asked.

They genuflect at the altar of business, and then say, “wait aren’t we team Republican?” You fuckin idiot. What even is a Republican anymore? Grifters, cash grabbers, rapists, and people who swear by “individualism.” A “team” of greedy individualists. “Where’s the loyalty to individualism?!” they scream.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The maddening thing is how much their voters go for the worst the party has to offer. They actually seem to prefer worse candidates

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Well, they’ve conditioned their voters to survive off of little nibbles of dog whistle racism and classism (somehow. Seeing as a lot of their voters are working class whites). But now, they’ve basically Pavloved them and all they’re doing is ringing that bell with all their might. So those fuckers are slobbering all over themselves for the juicy pieces of racism being freely dished out by OTHER people who were conditioned by the last generation’s dogwhistles. The new generation of republicans are basically saying “wait, why hadn’t the previous generation thought of outright racism?!” When the answer is they were trying to have some deniability. But fuck all that now. No need for it. Factionalism keeps open racism safe and electable.

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