Florida Rep. Bill Posey becomes latest Republican to announce retirement

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1. Is something in the water?

2. All of these Republicans are retiring because they know it’s going to be a massive red wave this year and the beginning of the MAGA revolution is upon us. Right? 

   That was sarcasm in case it wasn’t clear. Trump and the GOP are fucked and these people know it 

3. Eh, this guy is 76 years old, was just fighting Ukraine aid last week, and is trying to get the despicable & dangerous Florida State Senate President to take his seat. I’m guessing this is a medical retirement, not any change in his conscience.

4. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

5. Good

6. Good, gtfo

7. >“However, earlier this week circumstances beyond my control now require me to **suspect** my re-election campaign,” he added.

   Too funny.

8. Good night to another ancient man completely disconnected with the world.

9. 16 years is far too long to be in washington as it is, though for fairness I’d support 12 years or 6 terms, and 2 senate terms as a limit

10. Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out you old bastard.

11. Now that everything is completely fucked, you feel like you’ve done your job and can go home to watch the fire? Fucking scum.

12. I can’t believe none of these pussies will stand up to a guy who shits himself orange wow. America better vote in November!

13. Enough with the trickle of retirements, it is time for a red wave of retirements.

14. He’s not leaving leaving. He’s just not running g for reelection, if I read that right. What’s the majority at now? +1?

15. How many is that now? 5 that have quit in the last 6 months?

16. Joe, does this mean the Dems have both houses now?

17. Retire right now.

18. So in two days we’re at the same point we were one week ago, with 216-212. Just 4 votes (two people) before a flipping of the majority. Crazy thin numbers.

19. Another rat leaving a sinking ship. Go on and fuck off into the sunset.

20. He waited until the primary filing deadline had past to announce this. His today just happened to have filed before the deadline. No one else did.

    Conservatives love taking advantage of conservatives.

21. whole careers of zero new ideas and kicking the can down the road for the next generation’s problem only to retire and leaving the country worse off. Thanks GOP

22. Hopefully this means there won’t be enough republicans in January to overturn the election.

23. Don’t let Lauren Boebert know there is a vacancy in a safe republican district.

24. So, the worst element of the republican party is driving out member who actually want to make government work for Americans.

25. “Guys, should we change our party to attract more normal people and less racist, Christo-fascist, queer-hating people?

    No. It’s the normal people who are wrong.”

26. The problem is that Republicans who are leaving are often the more reasonable ones who will work in a bipartisan manner. They realize that free speech within the Republican Party is officially dead and that they and their families are being threatened with death if they speak out against Trump. They have read the 2025 platform and many will quietly leave the US if Trump is elected because it’s a prescription for a dictatorship and the deaths of many innocent Americans.