Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) has privately indicated to his associates that he is not planning on running for re-election in 2022, the AP reported on Friday.
A Shelby spokesperson told the AP — which based its report on the account of one such unnamed associate — that the powerful Senate Republican is still considering whether to run, but said that there will “likely be an announcement forthcoming in the next few weeks.”
Until recently, when Democrats took back the committee gavel, Shelby was the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, an extremely envied post that gave him significant influence over government spending.
Before he was first elected to the Senate in 1986, Shelby, who is 86, served in the U.S. House for eight years and, before that, in the Alabama state Senate.
Several other GOP senators whose terms end in 2023 have also indicated they won’t run for re-election, including Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Rob Portman (R-OH) and Richard Burr (R-NC).
looking for my ear buds
I just saw an @$$hole with this flag on his truck. Do those guys really believe they are triggering , or owning me with that? Nope it’s just another unneeded proof that those guys are total morons. And then they are whining about “Elites” that look down on real red-blooded Americans.
While none of these spineless cowards will stand up and convict Trump, they sure are eying the exits with excitement.
Good idea to get the news out that he is leaving in hopes of avoiding any further besmirching thanks to his party going full Q.
The kerning in this layout is triggering the F out of me…