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Miles Archer

(23,353 posts)
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 04:30 PM 19 hrs ago

36 House Republicans & 7 Republican Senators won't seek re-election "without even bothering to thank Trump"

More than a dozen Republican leaders in state legislatures across the country have headed for the exits over the past 14 months, in what analysts said could be yet another ominous sign of midterm trouble for a party already reeling from Donald Trump's cratering approval ratings.

The departures, which come from battleground states including Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia and Iowa, mirror a parallel exodus happening in Congress, where 36 Republican House members and seven GOP senators have announced they won't seek reelection in November.

"I think he puts Republicans on the defensive with his actions," Colorado GOP consultant Dick Wadhams told Politico in a report published Saturday. "They can't stand it anymore."

The most damaging losses have come in Wisconsin, where Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu both announced retirements in recent months, leaving the party defending razor-thin margins on redrawn maps that already cost them 10 Assembly seats in 2024.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-republicans-2676665919/

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36 House Republicans & 7 Republican Senators won't seek re-election "without even bothering to thank Trump" (Original Post) Miles Archer 19 hrs ago OP
Good! BlueWaveNeverEnd 19 hrs ago #1
This doesn't help much unless accompanied by us having good candidates in those races. RockRaven 18 hrs ago #2
True! And we don't need anymore turncoats that vote with the republicans BComplex 18 hrs ago #3

BComplex

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3. True! And we don't need anymore turncoats that vote with the republicans
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 05:08 PM
18 hrs ago

after taking money from democrats! We need to be REALLY careful who we decide to back from now on.

Republicans know that everyone is going to vote for democrats, so I don't doubt some of them will run as democrats. These people are deceptive, and have no ethical boundaries of any kind.

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