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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe slew of Senate Republican retirements prove who's in charge of the GOP now
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John FitzGerald
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"The rash of GOP retirements, likely to avoid Trump madness in the primaries, shows you Trump still isn't done destroying the party.
Analysis: The slew of Senate Republican retirements prove who's in charge of the GOP now
Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt's surprise retirement announcement Monday adds his name to a growing list of GOP establishment politicians who no longer recognize the party they represent and have decided to...
cnn.com
12:34 PM · Mar 8, 2021
John FitzGerald
@TheTweetOfJohn
"The rash of GOP retirements, likely to avoid Trump madness in the primaries, shows you Trump still isn't done destroying the party.
Analysis: The slew of Senate Republican retirements prove who's in charge of the GOP now
Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt's surprise retirement announcement Monday adds his name to a growing list of GOP establishment politicians who no longer recognize the party they represent and have decided to...
cnn.com
12:34 PM · Mar 8, 2021
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/08/politics/roy-blunt-rob-portman-pat-toomey/index.html
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The slew of Senate Republican retirements prove who's in charge of the GOP now (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Mar 2021
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The Magistrate
(96,043 posts)1. It Also Shows, Ma'am
Who's not so sure of being soon in the majority again....
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)3. For sure. Plus, big doubts about who'll dominate their own party! nt
dsc
(53,338 posts)2. To be fair
Shelby is very old and Burr said upon his last election a bit over 4 years ago that he would retire. He won fairly easily in 2016 and probably would have won again (though his insider trading might have hurt him).
