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.”

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
    56·
    8 months ago

    Yeah but Democrats probably wouldn’t actually capitalize on this like they could, the Democrat elected would just function as a Republican and Democrat politicians will be like “ha, see we showed them!”.

    Almost assuredly, but it would also be ‘kicking the anthill’ a bit to the Republicans. The house is all they really have right now (excepting the supreme court), and they’ve had it for a long time. They haven’t done shit with it.

    One thing American voters do understand is that voting is transactional. Its why Trump remains so popular as a political figure, because for better or worse, he delivered for his voters on what they were voting for. The Republicans in the House simply haven’t delivered on shit. This works against them, and taking leadership of the house away from them ‘about now’ going into an election would be basically disastrous for their election hopes. Whats the point of putting Republicans into the House if they don’t do shit with the power you give them.

    And to your other points made for the low/ no information neo-liberal apologists like @stanleytweedle, the Democrats suffer from this same issue in their unwillingness to ever actually do anything with the power they are given. We elect them to govern and they fail to do so. Democrats are even less interested in their own agenda than Republicans, and this is the central issue in why votership is so disenfranchised in the US. So in regards to the House races, its a race to the bottom in terms of worthlessness. Democrats could set up a political dynasty that would last generations (like they did under Roosevelt) if they would just commit to policies that make a direct, tangible, and timely difference in peoples lives (LIKE THEY DID UNDER ROOSEVELT!!). Instead we get the neoliberal worship of technocracy and credentialism. Bruh just give us the fucking healthcare we already pay for.