A fourth Texas Republican lawmaker announced he won’t seek another term in 2020, The New York Times was first to report Sunday evening.
Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX) is expected to make a statement on his decision Monday morning. The eight-term Republican is the fourth Texas GOPer to bow out of 2020 in the last week and the ninth House Republican in the past three weeks to throw in the towel. During the 2018 midterms, Marchant reclaimed his seat with just 50.6 percent of the vote.
The en masse retirement announcements from House Republicans has caucus leadership biting its collective nails, but overall the majority of the announcements thus far are from GOPers in red districts that voted overwhelmingly for President Trump. Republican leadership believes the loss of the majority in the House in 2018 is to blame for the uptick in retirements.
"Do what you want to do
Anything you say is true
Who’s gonna tell you if you’re wrong
Go where you want to go
Any way it’s your show
You’re gonna party
'Til the party’s all gone"
– Randall Bramblett
Party’s all gone, dude. Bye, and good riddance.
Thoughts and prayers on a wasted career of personal enrichment and avoiding, nay fleeing, from your constitutional duties.
They would all rather slither out the door than try to speak up and change things within their corrupt party.
I say again, the internal polling must be f*cking brutal.
These retirements are not a total blessing for Dems. The RNC and White House will do everything possible to make sure GOP candidates in these races pledge total fealty to Trump, and commit to being more to the right and more rabid in their hatred of everything progressive than those they’re replacing. If anything, House oppostion will take this opportunity to turn the crazy to eleven.