Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe Reportedly to Resign Within Days Despite Being Reelected in 2020

[CatWoman]

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) is expected to announce he will resign from his seat in the coming days, according to reports.

Inhofe’s expected retirement was first reported by Jonathan Martin of the New York Times on Thursday afternoon.

Martin speculated a resignation is likely to spark a competitive race to replace Inhofe, who is 87-years-old, and has held his seat in deep-red Oklahoma since 1994. Inhofe was reelected in 2020, his current term ends in 2027.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/oklahoma-sen-jim-inhofe-reportedly-to-resign-within-days-despite-being-reelected-in-2020/

[Archae]

1. Good. He was bought and paid for by the oil companies.

[Ocelot II]

2. It's Oklahoma; they'll find someone at least as awful to replace him.

[hatrack]

11. Oh, you can depend on it . . . .

Somebody even more stupid, venal, arrogant and Christianist is just waiting in the wings.

[UpInArms]

3. Maybe he has a disease

🤞🏼

[tinrobot]

4. Conservatism. It's a lot like cancer.

Or flesh-eating bacteria.

[regnaD kciN]

5. I remember when BartCop (R.I.P.) used to refer to him...

…as ”Senator Pissquik.”

[blm]

9. ✔️

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. Great- now we only need to get the vote of just one of the recalcitrant Vichy Dems to pass laws.

Hurry up before the special election.

[Raven123]

7. Need that SCOTUS nomination ASAP

[malaise]

8. It will be tomorrow or Monday

Take that to the bank

[riversedge]

14. nyt: Inhofe will not be leaving till the End of the year.

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=gQPPb3X7A50-tk_Jr5mUbg

[hippywife]

15. Welcome holiday gift

for the whole state this year. Can't wait to see that bastard gone.

[underpants]

10. I hope no one hits him with a snowball on the way out

I really really sincerely hope that

[durablend]

12. It would be a shame if that happened

[gratuitous]

19. Does a snow-covered doorknob count as a snowball?

Asking for a friend, who used to call them "ear benders."

[underpants]

20. Giggling

Did you walk around with loose doorknobs when it snowed?

I’m getting a visual image here.

[MOMFUDSKI]

13. Well, that is the next best thing

to him outright dropping dead.

[maxsolomon]

16. Dementia? Terminal Cancer?

I can't imagine he's going now unless there's a reason.

[spanone]

17. Good news...god knows what will replace him in ok

global warming denier, asshole

[underpants]

21. ❄️

See post 10.

[spanone]

22. Oops, great minds?

[underpants]

23. Yes

[spanone]

24. 👍🏼

[jcgoldie]

18. Maybe it snowed again in Oklahoma

And he figured he had nothing left to prove.