Any Republican on the ballot in 2024 faces the ugly prospect of being asked to defend Trump for the next three years, while getting nothing done on Capitol Hill.

Have you noticed the rush of House Republicans calling it quits in the last few weeks?

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) announced his exit Nov. 1. He explained that to be a member of the Republican House majority means putting up with  the “many Republican leaders [who] are lying to America, claiming that the 2020 election was stolen.”

Buck is predicting that even more House Republicans will leave “in the near future.”

The day before Buck said good-bye, House Appropriations Chair Kay Granger (R-Texas) also quit. Granger had been a leader among House Republicans who prevented the far-right, election-denying Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) from becoming Speaker of the House.

Also in October, Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) said she was quitting. “Right now, Washington, D.C. is broken,” she said. “It is hard to get anything done.”

    • Uglyhead@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      8 months ago

      Basically yes.

      There was a guy here in Congress just recently, a Far Right up and comer, super popular with Qult45; he publicly mentioned he was invited to a GOP cocaine orgy.

      A flood of incredibly damaging dirt on him came out soon after and quickly destroyed his whole political career and reputation amongst his peers.

      • wert_straffer@feddit.de
        4·
        8 months ago

        Isn’t that terrifying news? I mean there are always actors not believing in democracy at all, but them being so powereful to blackmail members aout of parliament that’s a new level of fucked up.

        • SoylentBlake@lemm.ee
          3·
          8 months ago

          They didn’t blackmail, they sandbagged. Suddenly his entire backstory he ran in was a lie, or at least partially ginned up. That he was secretly gay, even tho being a paraplegic. Anything they could somehow spin into turning the guy into a gay communist who drinks puppy milkshakes. All very publically broadcast thru the news. Daily. Non stop. They had a point to make and they made sure every ear within shot would hear it.

          I’m no fan of the kid, and he was obviously in way over his head, but his naivity def let a couple skeletons fall out of the church closet.

        • RunawayFixer@lemmy.world
          3·
          8 months ago

          I suspect they are talking about Madison Cawthorn.

          There always was a lot of dirt on him: he was known for sexual harassment, he was caught lying several times, he engaged in nepotism and graft, … None of those scandals were a problem for the republican party, but when he mentioned some dirt from other republicans, they went after him with a vengeance. An example article, but you can find many more: https://wlos.com/news/local/republicans-and-democrats-take-shots-at-rep-cawthorn-over-latest-video

          From looking at it as an outsider, I’ve become convinced that the entire republican party is rotten and only people on whom there is kompromat, are given opportunities to be elected to the highest level.

    • AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social
      6·
      8 months ago

      Yes but also they are likely being offered some lovely private sector positions where they do speeches 6 times a year for a cool 300k.