An unprecedented number of House Republicans are opting to retire or pursue other offices, complicating Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) bid to fend off a potential blue wave in the 2026 midterms and preserve his razor-thin majority.
So far, 36 House Republicans — including the most recent, Rep. Sam Graves (Mo.) — have announced they will leave their seat at the end of their term, pointing to legislative gridlock, family commitments or a wish to make room for the next generation of leaders.
That total exceeds the record set in the 2018 midterm cycle, when 34 House Republicans chose not to run for reelection and Democrats regained control of the lower chamber under President Trump’s first term.
Nah, not unless the Democratic party finds its balls. Mark my works, Trump will kick the bucket long before they decide he’s guilty of something and one or two fall boys will get showy trials but then it will be ‘a time for healing’ or some bullshit about unity.
You can’t live unless you carve out the cancer and right now I don’t see any incentives that would make them do that.
It’ll be 8 years of Democrats (if there isn’t major election interference) and you’ll be back where you were with a Trump stooge if he’s still around or maybe one of his kids. FPTP pretty much guarantees it.
Trump would not be able to cause as much harm without all the evil self-servicing minions to carry out his whims. Trump may be old, Trump may have had a rubber stamp Supreme Court say he has complete immunity, but his minions haven’t. Consider the silver lining when he passes that all those minions are subject to the law without his blanket pardons. Thats the real opportunity